The Confession
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The Confession is a 1970 political drama film directed by Costa-Gavras that explores the harrowing ordeal of a communist official subjected to a Stalinist show trial.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Confession canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Confession Context triple: [Alan Heim, edited, The Confession]
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A.
The Confession
The Confession is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that explores themes of wrongful conviction, capital punishment, and moral responsibility in the American justice system.
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B.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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C.
The Confessional
"The Confessional" is a track from the comedy album "Class Clown" by George Carlin, featuring his sharp, irreverent stand-up about Catholic school and religious upbringing.
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D.
Careful Confessions
Careful Confessions is the independently released early album by singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles that helped launch her recording career.
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E.
Book of Confessions
The Book of Confessions is the collection of historic creeds and doctrinal statements that defines and guides the theology and faith practice of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Confession Target entity description: The Confession is a 1970 political drama film directed by Costa-Gavras that explores the harrowing ordeal of a communist official subjected to a Stalinist show trial.
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A.
The Confession
The Confession is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that explores themes of wrongful conviction, capital punishment, and moral responsibility in the American justice system.
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B.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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C.
The Confessional
"The Confessional" is a track from the comedy album "Class Clown" by George Carlin, featuring his sharp, irreverent stand-up about Catholic school and religious upbringing.
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D.
Careful Confessions
Careful Confessions is the independently released early album by singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles that helped launch her recording career.
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E.
Book of Confessions
The Book of Confessions is the collection of historic creeds and doctrinal statements that defines and guides the theology and faith practice of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
L’Aveu
ⓘ
linked to:
L'Aveu
memoir by Artur London ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Raoul Coutard ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
France ⓘ Italy ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| depicts | Stalinist purges in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| director | Costa-Gavras ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editingBy | Françoise Bonnot ⓘ |
| filmMovement | political cinema ⓘ |
| follows | The Battle of Algiers in political cinema tradition ⓘ |
| format | feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
political drama film ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | communist official ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Georges Delerue
ⓘ
linked to:
Georges Delerue (library music)
Giovanni Fusco ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Stalinist show trial
ⓘ
political repression ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Stalinism from a left-wing perspective
ⓘ
intense interrogation sequences ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Costa-Gavras political trilogy ⓘ |
| portrays |
political imprisonment
ⓘ
psychological torture ⓘ show trial procedures ⓘ |
| predecessorWork | Z ⓘ |
| premiereEvent |
1970 Cannes Film Festival
ⓘ
linked to:
Cannes Film Festival
|
| producer | Jacques Perrin ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Les Films 13
ⓘ
Reggane Films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 140 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jorge Semprún ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 1950s ⓘ |
| stars |
Gabriele Ferzetti
ⓘ
Simone Signoret ⓘ Yves Montand ⓘ |
| successorWork | State of Siege ⓘ |
| themes |
abuse of power
ⓘ
forced confessions ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
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