The Great Silence
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The Great Silence is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci, renowned for its bleak snowbound setting, anti-heroic gunslinger, and unusually tragic ending.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Great Silence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5736589 — 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: The Great Silence Context triple: [Spaghetti Westerns, notableFilm, The Great Silence]
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A.
Great Silence
The Great Silence refers to the puzzling absence of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations despite the vastness and apparent habitability of the universe.
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B.
The Silence
The Silence is a short, late-career novel by Don DeLillo that explores human disconnection and technological collapse in a near-future setting.
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C.
The Silence
The Silence is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Jan Chapman, known for its intense psychological themes and nuanced character study.
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D.
The Silence
The Silence are a mysterious, memory-erasing religious order of alien beings in Doctor Who who covertly manipulate human history from the shadows.
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E.
Valley of Silence
The Valley of Silence is a high glacial valley on Mount Everest, renowned as the Western Cwm on the standard South Col climbing route.
- 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: The Great Silence Target entity description: The Great Silence is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci, renowned for its bleak snowbound setting, anti-heroic gunslinger, and unusually tragic ending.
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A.
Great Silence
The Great Silence refers to the puzzling absence of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations despite the vastness and apparent habitability of the universe.
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B.
The Silence
The Silence is a short, late-career novel by Don DeLillo that explores human disconnection and technological collapse in a near-future setting.
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C.
The Silence
The Silence is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Jan Chapman, known for its intense psychological themes and nuanced character study.
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D.
The Silence
The Silence are a mysterious, memory-erasing religious order of alien beings in Doctor Who who covertly manipulate human history from the shadows.
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E.
Valley of Silence
The Valley of Silence is a high glacial valley on Mount Everest, renowned as the Western Cwm on the standard South Col climbing route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian film
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Spaghetti Western film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Il grande silenzio
NERFINISHED
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The Big Silence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonistPortrayedBy | Loco – Klaus Kinski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 2.35:1 ⓘ |
| character |
Loco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pauline NERFINISHED ⓘ Silence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Silvano Ippoliti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| director | Sergio Corbucci NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox (Italy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Aldo Serrano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endingType | tragic ending ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Cinecittà Studios
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Italian Dolomites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Spaghetti Western
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western film ⓘ |
| historicalSetting | late 19th century American West ⓘ |
| leadCharacterPortrayedBy | Silence – Jean-Louis Trintignant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ennio Morricone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | bleak ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
anti-heroic gunslinger protagonist
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bleak snowbound setting ⓘ unusually tragic ending ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| portrays |
bounty hunters
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outlaws ⓘ starving villagers ⓘ |
| producer | Giorgio Salvioni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Adelphia Compagnia Cinematografica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | mute gunslinger ⓘ |
| releaseDateCountry | 1968-12-21 (Italy) ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Bruno Corbucci
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mario Amendola NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergio Corbucci NERFINISHED ⓘ Vittoriano Petrilli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | snowbound Utah territory ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Frank Wolff
NERFINISHED
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Jean-Louis Trintignant NERFINISHED ⓘ Klaus Kinski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
lawlessness and corruption
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moral ambiguity ⓘ violence and oppression ⓘ |
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