Melody for a Street Organ
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"Melody for a Street Organ" is a 2009 Ukrainian drama film by director Kira Muratova that follows two orphaned children wandering through a bleak cityscape in search of their father.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Melody for a Street Organ canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8624467 — 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: Melody for a Street Organ Context triple: [Kira Muratova, notableWork, Melody for a Street Organ]
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A.
Sidewalk Harp
Sidewalk Harp is an interactive public light-and-sound sculpture by artist Jen Lewin that allows passersby to create music and visual effects through their movement.
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B.
Melody Time
Melody Time is a 1948 Disney animated musical anthology film composed of several short segments set to popular and folk music.
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C.
Melody
Melody is the first name of Melody Love Norwood, the daughter of American singer Ray J and reality TV personality Princess Love.
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D.
The Ultimate Melody
The Ultimate Melody is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores the dangerous power of a theoretically perfect, irresistibly compelling piece of music.
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E.
Pioneer with a Trumpet
"Pioneer with a Trumpet" is a famous 1930 photograph by Russian avant-garde artist Alexander Rodchenko, celebrated for its bold constructivist composition and dynamic upward perspective of a Soviet youth.
- 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: Melody for a Street Organ Target entity description: "Melody for a Street Organ" is a 2009 Ukrainian drama film by director Kira Muratova that follows two orphaned children wandering through a bleak cityscape in search of their father.
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A.
Sidewalk Harp
Sidewalk Harp is an interactive public light-and-sound sculpture by artist Jen Lewin that allows passersby to create music and visual effects through their movement.
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B.
Melody Time
Melody Time is a 1948 Disney animated musical anthology film composed of several short segments set to popular and folk music.
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C.
Melody
Melody is the first name of Melody Love Norwood, the daughter of American singer Ray J and reality TV personality Princess Love.
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D.
The Ultimate Melody
The Ultimate Melody is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores the dangerous power of a theoretically perfect, irresistibly compelling piece of music.
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E.
Pioneer with a Trumpet
"Pioneer with a Trumpet" is a famous 1930 photograph by Russian avant-garde artist Alexander Rodchenko, celebrated for its bold constructivist composition and dynamic upward perspective of a Soviet youth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| ageRating | intended for adult audiences ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gennadi Karyuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Kira Muratova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorStyle | characteristic of Kira Muratova's bleak and absurdist aesthetic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Valentyn Khomenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | orphans ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| hasTitleWord |
Melody
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Organ ⓘ Street ⓘ |
| language |
Russian
ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ |
| musicBy | Oleg Khromushin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | journey of two children searching for their father ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of institutional cruelty toward children
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late-career work of Kira Muratova ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Мелодія для шарманки NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Kira Muratova filmography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two orphaned children wander through a bleak cityscape in search of their father. ⓘ |
| producer | Igor Tolstunov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionContext | post-Soviet Ukrainian cinema ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 153 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Kira Muratova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed post-Soviet city ⓘ |
| subject | orphans in post-Soviet society ⓘ |
| theme |
bureaucratic indifference
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childhood ⓘ poverty ⓘ social alienation ⓘ urban decay ⓘ |
| title | Melody for a Street Organ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualStyle | bleak cityscape ⓘ |
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Subject: Melody for a Street Organ Description of subject: "Melody for a Street Organ" is a 2009 Ukrainian drama film by director Kira Muratova that follows two orphaned children wandering through a bleak cityscape in search of their father.
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