Telefon
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"Telefon" is a 1977 Cold War espionage thriller film starring Charles Bronson, directed by Don Siegel, about a Soviet plot involving sleeper agents in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Telefon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5356133 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Telefon Context triple: [Don Siegel, directed, Telefon]
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A.
Telefone
"Telefone" is the critically acclaimed 2016 debut mixtape by Chicago rapper Noname, noted for its jazz-infused production and introspective, poetic lyricism.
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B.
Tel
Tel is the standard three-letter astronomical abbreviation for the southern constellation Telescopium.
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C.
Telefon Bay
Telefon Bay is a small volcanic bay on Deception Island in Antarctica, known for its stark polar landscape and evidence of past eruptions.
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D.
Payphone
"Payphone" is a 2012 pop song by Maroon 5 featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa, known for its catchy chorus and themes of heartbreak and regret.
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E.
TalkTalk Mobile
TalkTalk Mobile is a UK-based mobile virtual network operator offering mobile phone services as part of TalkTalk's wider telecommunications portfolio.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Telefon Target entity description: "Telefon" is a 1977 Cold War espionage thriller film starring Charles Bronson, directed by Don Siegel, about a Soviet plot involving sleeper agents in the United States.
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A.
Telefone
"Telefone" is the critically acclaimed 2016 debut mixtape by Chicago rapper Noname, noted for its jazz-infused production and introspective, poetic lyricism.
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B.
Tel
Tel is the standard three-letter astronomical abbreviation for the southern constellation Telescopium.
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C.
Telefon Bay
Telefon Bay is a small volcanic bay on Deception Island in Antarctica, known for its stark polar landscape and evidence of past eruptions.
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D.
Payphone
"Payphone" is a 2012 pop song by Maroon 5 featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa, known for its catchy chorus and themes of heartbreak and regret.
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E.
TalkTalk Mobile
TalkTalk Mobile is a UK-based mobile virtual network operator offering mobile phone services as part of TalkTalk's wider telecommunications portfolio.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
espionage thriller film
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film ⓘ |
| aspectOf | Cold War espionage in popular culture ⓘ |
| basedOn | Telefon (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Walter Wager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Barbara
NERFINISHED
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Nicolai Dalchimsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Michael C. Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Don Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Terry O. Morse Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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spy film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0076786 ⓘ |
| hasMetacriticType | movie ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Major Grigori Borzov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Charles Bronson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Lalo Schifrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableElement |
features sleeper agents planted in the U.S. by the Soviet Union
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uses lines from Robert Frost’s poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" as a trigger phrase ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Soviet officer attempts to stop a rogue KGB agent who plans to activate sleeper agents in the United States using a trigger phrase from Robert Frost’s poetry. ⓘ |
| producer |
Irwin Winkler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Chartoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1977-12-16 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 102 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Peter Hyams
NERFINISHED
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Stirling Silliphant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Badel
NERFINISHED
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Charles Bronson NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Pleasence NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Remick NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Magee NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyne Daly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Telefon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Telefon Description of subject: "Telefon" is a 1977 Cold War espionage thriller film starring Charles Bronson, directed by Don Siegel, about a Soviet plot involving sleeper agents in the United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.