The Inspector General (1949 film)
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The Inspector General (1949 film) is a 1949 musical comedy loosely based on Nikolai Gogol’s play "The Government Inspector," starring Danny Kaye as a mistaken official in a corrupt town.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Inspector General (1949 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5638514 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Inspector General (1949 film) Context triple: [The Government Inspector, hasAdaptation, The Inspector General (1949 film)]
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A.
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 Alfred Hitchcock-directed spy thriller film set in Europe on the eve of World War II, known for its suspenseful set pieces and wartime propaganda themes.
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B.
Veidt
Veidt is a German surname most famously associated with Conrad Veidt, a prominent early 20th-century film actor known for roles in silent cinema and classic Hollywood.
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C.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a satirical play by Bertolt Brecht that allegorically depicts Adolf Hitler’s rise to power through the story of a Chicago gangster.
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D.
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution is a classic 1957 courtroom drama film, based on Agatha Christie's work and renowned for its suspenseful plot twists and performances.
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E.
My Policeman (film)
My Policeman is a 2022 romantic drama film set in 1950s England that explores a tragic love triangle between a closeted policeman, his wife, and a male museum curator amid the era’s criminalization of homosexuality.
- 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 Inspector General (1949 film) Target entity description: The Inspector General (1949 film) is a 1949 musical comedy loosely based on Nikolai Gogol’s play "The Government Inspector," starring Danny Kaye as a mistaken official in a corrupt town.
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A.
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 Alfred Hitchcock-directed spy thriller film set in Europe on the eve of World War II, known for its suspenseful set pieces and wartime propaganda themes.
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B.
Veidt
Veidt is a German surname most famously associated with Conrad Veidt, a prominent early 20th-century film actor known for roles in silent cinema and classic Hollywood.
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C.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a satirical play by Bertolt Brecht that allegorically depicts Adolf Hitler’s rise to power through the story of a Chicago gangster.
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D.
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution is a classic 1957 courtroom drama film, based on Agatha Christie's work and renowned for its suspenseful plot twists and performances.
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E.
My Policeman (film)
My Policeman is a 2022 romantic drama film set in 1950s England that explores a tragic love triangle between a closeted policeman, his wife, and a male museum curator amid the era’s criminalization of homosexuality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | loose adaptation ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
Bernard Herzbrun
NERFINISHED
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Nathan Juran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Government Inspector
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
play by Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Elwood Bredell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Yvonne Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Henry Koster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Arthur P. Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| filmEditingStyle | classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| format | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
musical film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
mistaken identity
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political corruption ⓘ satire of bureaucracy ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacterGeorgi | Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Georgi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Johnny Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A wandering illiterate is mistaken for a powerful government inspector in a corrupt town. ⓘ |
| producer | Jerry Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | December 31, 1949 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtime | 102 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Everett Freeman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Kurnitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Rapp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional Eastern European town ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Hale Sr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barbara Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Elsa Lanchester NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Slezak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starVehicleFor | Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Inspector General NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Inspector General (1949 film) Description of subject: The Inspector General (1949 film) is a 1949 musical comedy loosely based on Nikolai Gogol’s play "The Government Inspector," starring Danny Kaye as a mistaken official in a corrupt town.
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