Kings of the Road
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Kings of the Road is a 1976 road movie by German director Wim Wenders, celebrated for its contemplative style and Robby Müller’s atmospheric black-and-white cinematography.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kings of the Road canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778417 — 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: Kings of the Road Context triple: [Robby Müller, notableWork, Kings of the Road]
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A.
Long Road
Long Road is a notable street in Cambridge, England, known for its educational institutions and as a key route in the city's southern area.
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B.
Refuge of the Roads
"Refuge of the Roads" is a reflective, jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its introspective lyrics and intricate guitar work.
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C.
Backroads
Backroads is a 1972 country-rock album by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition that continued the band’s exploration of narrative-driven, Americana-influenced songs.
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D.
One for the Road
One for the Road is a short, politically charged one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores themes of power, torture, and authoritarian oppression.
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E.
One for the Road
"One for the Road" is a horror short story by Stephen King, often noted as a companion piece to his novel "’Salem’s Lot," involving a terrifying encounter with vampires during a snowstorm in rural Maine.
- 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: Kings of the Road Target entity description: Kings of the Road is a 1976 road movie by German director Wim Wenders, celebrated for its contemplative style and Robby Müller’s atmospheric black-and-white cinematography.
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A.
Long Road
Long Road is a notable street in Cambridge, England, known for its educational institutions and as a key route in the city's southern area.
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B.
Refuge of the Roads
"Refuge of the Roads" is a reflective, jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its introspective lyrics and intricate guitar work.
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C.
Backroads
Backroads is a 1972 country-rock album by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition that continued the band’s exploration of narrative-driven, Americana-influenced songs.
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D.
One for the Road
One for the Road is a short, politically charged one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores themes of power, torture, and authoritarian oppression.
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E.
One for the Road
"One for the Road" is a horror short story by Stephen King, often noted as a companion piece to his novel "’Salem’s Lot," involving a terrifying encounter with vampires during a snowstorm in rural Maine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes Film Festival
ⓘ
linked to:
FIPRESCI Prize
|
| cameraUsed | Arriflex cameras ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robby Müller ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | West Germany ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed by film critics ⓘ |
| director | Wim Wenders ⓘ |
| distributor | Filmverlag der Autoren ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Przygodda ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | various towns along the inner German border ⓘ |
| filmSeries |
Wim Wenders' road movie trilogy
ⓘ
linked to:
Wim Wenders road movie trilogy
|
| follows |
Alice in the Cities
ⓘ
Wrong Move ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
road film ⓘ |
| hasCinematicStyle |
minimalist
ⓘ
observational ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle | episodic ⓘ |
| hasTagline | “The Americans have colonized our subconscious.” ⓘ |
| hasTitleInGerman | Im Lauf der Zeit ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bruno Winter
ⓘ
Robert Lander ⓘ |
| musicBy | Improvised and compiled soundtrack ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric black-and-white cinematography
ⓘ
contemplative style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOfMovement |
New German Cinema
ⓘ
linked to:
German New Cinema
|
| portrayedBy |
Hanns Zischler
ⓘ
Rüdiger Vogler ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Road Movies Filmproduktion ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
depressed journalist
ⓘ
itinerant film projector repairman ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| restoration | digitally restored print ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 175 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Wim Wenders ⓘ |
| setting | border region between West Germany and East Germany ⓘ |
| soundDesignBy | Martin Müller ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation in modern Germany
ⓘ
decline of small-town cinemas ⓘ male friendship ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1970s West Germany ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kings of the Road Description of subject: Kings of the Road is a 1976 road movie by German director Wim Wenders, celebrated for its contemplative style and Robby Müller’s atmospheric black-and-white cinematography.
Referenced by (5)
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