The Man Between
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The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Man Between canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8156878 — 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 Man Between Context triple: [Robert Krasker, workedOnFilm, The Man Between]
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A.
Between Man and Man
"Between Man and Man" is a philosophical work by Martin Buber that explores the nature of human relationships, dialogue, and the I–Thou encounter.
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B.
The Other Man
The Other Man is a 2008 psychological thriller film about a husband who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about his wife's secret lover.
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C.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
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D.
The Man Who Found Himself
The Man Who Found Himself is an early 20th-century American silent film drama produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
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E.
The Man Upstairs
The Man Upstairs is the live-action human character in "The LEGO Movie" who represents the controlling, perfectionist father counterpart to the villainous Lord Business.
- 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 Man Between Target entity description: The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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A.
Between Man and Man
"Between Man and Man" is a philosophical work by Martin Buber that explores the nature of human relationships, dialogue, and the I–Thou encounter.
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B.
The Other Man
The Other Man is a 2008 psychological thriller film about a husband who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about his wife's secret lover.
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C.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
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D.
The Man Who Found Himself
The Man Who Found Himself is an early 20th-century American silent film drama produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
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E.
The Man Upstairs
The Man Upstairs is the live-action human character in "The LEGO Movie" who represents the controlling, perfectionist father counterpart to the villainous Lord Business.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Desmond Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classification | PG ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Carol Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | British Lion Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Alan Osbiston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | post-World War II cinema ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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West Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
spy film ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
East–West tensions
ⓘ
espionage ⓘ postwar trauma ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle |
expressionistic lighting
ⓘ
noir-influenced cinematography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ivo Kern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Addison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric cinematography
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espionage-driven plot ⓘ |
| partOf | British Cold War cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Claire Bloom as Susanne Mallison
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Hildegard Knef as Bettina NERFINISHED ⓘ James Mason as Ivo Kern ⓘ |
| producer | Carol Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | London Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1953-11-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Harry Kurnitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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postwar Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Claire Bloom
NERFINISHED
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Geoffrey Toone NERFINISHED ⓘ Hildegard Knef NERFINISHED ⓘ Hildegard Neff NERFINISHED ⓘ James Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Man Between Description of subject: The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.