The Sentimental Policeman
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The Sentimental Policeman is a 1992 Ukrainian absurdist tragicomedy film by director Kira Muratova, known for its surreal narrative style and exploration of post-Soviet social realities.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Sentimental Policeman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sentimental Policeman Context triple: [Kira Muratova, notableWork, The Sentimental Policeman]
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A.
Another Thin Man
Another Thin Man is a 1939 American mystery-comedy film in the popular Thin Man series, featuring William Powell and Myrna Loy as sleuthing couple Nick and Nora Charles.
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B.
Confessions of a Police Captain
Confessions of a Police Captain is a 1971 Italian crime drama film that explores corruption and moral conflict within the police and political system.
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C.
Detective Story
Detective Story is a 1951 American crime drama film, based on Sidney Kingsley’s play, that follows a rigid New York City detective whose moral absolutism is tested over the course of a single day in a busy precinct.
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D.
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 comedy film that parodies classic film noir and detective movies, starring Peter Falk as a bumbling private eye.
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E.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
- 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 Sentimental Policeman Target entity description: The Sentimental Policeman is a 1992 Ukrainian absurdist tragicomedy film by director Kira Muratova, known for its surreal narrative style and exploration of post-Soviet social realities.
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A.
Another Thin Man
Another Thin Man is a 1939 American mystery-comedy film in the popular Thin Man series, featuring William Powell and Myrna Loy as sleuthing couple Nick and Nora Charles.
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B.
Confessions of a Police Captain
Confessions of a Police Captain is a 1971 Italian crime drama film that explores corruption and moral conflict within the police and political system.
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C.
Detective Story
Detective Story is a 1951 American crime drama film, based on Sidney Kingsley’s play, that follows a rigid New York City detective whose moral absolutism is tested over the course of a single day in a busy precinct.
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D.
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 comedy film that parodies classic film noir and detective movies, starring Peter Falk as a bumbling private eye.
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E.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
absurdist film
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film ⓘ tragicomedy film ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | post-Soviet art cinema ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gennadi Karyuk ⓘ |
| composer | Oleg Karavajchuk ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ukraine ⓘ |
| countryOfProduction | Ukraine ⓘ |
| director | Kira Muratova ⓘ |
| directorStyle |
experimental narrative structure
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idiosyncratic ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
European art-house circuit
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former Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Union
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| editor |
Valentina Olejnik
ⓘ
linked to:
Valentina Oleinik
|
| exploresTheme |
alienation
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bureaucracy ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ post-Soviet social realities ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Odessa
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linked to:
Odesa
|
| genre |
absurdist cinema
ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Sentimentalnyy militsioner ⓘ |
| hasArtisticApproach |
black comedy
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grotesque imagery ⓘ nonlinear storytelling ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | cult status among art-house audiences ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | post-Soviet Ukraine ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Kira Muratova ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
art-house film
ⓘ
surreal tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle |
stylized
ⓘ
surrealistic tableaux ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | policeman ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | surreal ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Kira Muratova ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Odessa Film Studio
ⓘ
linked to:
Odesa Film Studio
|
| productionContext | early post-Soviet Ukrainian cinema ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| runtimeApproximate | about 90 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Kira Muratova ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-Soviet era ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | emotional inner life of a policeman ⓘ |
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