film "Zulu"
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The film "Zulu" is a 1964 British war movie dramatizing the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War, noted for its large-scale battle scenes and for featuring one of Michael Caine’s early major roles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| film "Zulu" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5855721 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: film "Zulu" Context triple: [Battle of Rorke's Drift, hasRepresentationIn, film "Zulu"]
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film "Flags of Our Fathers"
"Flags of Our Fathers" is a 2006 war drama film directed by Clint Eastwood that explores the stories of the U.S. Marines involved in the iconic flag-raising at Iwo Jima and the impact of wartime heroism on their lives.
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B.
film "Sands of Iwo Jima"
"Sands of Iwo Jima" is a 1949 World War II drama film starring John Wayne as a tough Marine sergeant training troops for the pivotal Battle of Iwo Jima.
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C.
Bridge on the River Kwai
Bridge on the River Kwai is a famous World War II railway bridge in Thailand, immortalized by the novel and film of the same name and symbolizing the suffering of Allied prisoners forced to build it.
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D.
film We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers is a 2002 war film starring Mel Gibson that dramatizes one of the first major battles between U.S. forces and the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War.
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E.
Flight of the Wild Geese
Flight of the Wild Geese refers to the mass departure of Irish Jacobite soldiers and their families to serve in continental European armies, particularly in France, after their defeat in the Williamite War.
- 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: film "Zulu" Target entity description: The film "Zulu" is a 1964 British war movie dramatizing the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War, noted for its large-scale battle scenes and for featuring one of Michael Caine’s early major roles.
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A.
film "Flags of Our Fathers"
"Flags of Our Fathers" is a 2006 war drama film directed by Clint Eastwood that explores the stories of the U.S. Marines involved in the iconic flag-raising at Iwo Jima and the impact of wartime heroism on their lives.
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B.
film "Sands of Iwo Jima"
"Sands of Iwo Jima" is a 1949 World War II drama film starring John Wayne as a tough Marine sergeant training troops for the pivotal Battle of Iwo Jima.
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C.
Bridge on the River Kwai
Bridge on the River Kwai is a famous World War II railway bridge in Thailand, immortalized by the novel and film of the same name and symbolizing the suffering of Allied prisoners forced to build it.
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D.
film We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers is a 2002 war film starring Mel Gibson that dramatizes one of the first major battles between U.S. forces and the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War.
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E.
Flight of the Wild Geese
Flight of the Wild Geese refers to the mass departure of Irish Jacobite soldiers and their families to serve in continental European armies, particularly in France, after their defeat in the Williamite War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 2.35:1 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Battle of Rorke's Drift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Stephen Dade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Anglo-Zulu War
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Rorke's Drift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Cy Endfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Embassy Pictures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | John Jympson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Drakensberg Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
KwaZulu-Natal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama film
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | yes ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalInaccuracies | yes ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early major film role for Michael Caine
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large-scale battle scenes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | British Army defence against Zulu forces ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lieutenant John Chard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Cy Endfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stanley Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1964 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 138 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Cy Endfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Prebble NERFINISHED ⓘ T. Leslie Gillett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Colony of Natal
NERFINISHED
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Rorke's Drift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1879 ⓘ |
| soundMix | Mono ⓘ |
| starring |
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi
NERFINISHED
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Glynn Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ James Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Caine NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Magee NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulla Jacobsson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: film "Zulu" Description of subject: The film "Zulu" is a 1964 British war movie dramatizing the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War, noted for its large-scale battle scenes and for featuring one of Michael Caine’s early major roles.
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