The Painted Bird
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The Painted Bird is a 2019 black-and-white war drama film, based on Jerzy Kosiński’s novel, that follows a Jewish boy’s harrowing journey through brutal Eastern European landscapes during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Painted Bird canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Painted Bird Context triple: [Karel Roden, notableWork, The Painted Bird]
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A.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales is a renowned collection of short stories by Varlam Shalamov that depicts the brutal realities of life and survival in the Soviet Gulag system.
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B.
The Killing Place
The Killing Place is a crime thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen featuring medical examiner Maura Isles stranded with a group of travelers in a remote, snowbound Wyoming village where a sinister mystery unfolds.
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C.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away is a Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O'Connor that explores themes of faith, prophecy, and destiny through the story of a young boy grappling with his religious calling in the rural American South.
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D.
Cleanness
Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
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E.
A Garden of Pomegranates
A Garden of Pomegranates is a seminal occult text by Israel Regardie that systematically explores the Qabalistic Tree of Life and its symbolism for students of Western esotericism.
- 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 Painted Bird Target entity description: The Painted Bird is a 2019 black-and-white war drama film, based on Jerzy Kosiński’s novel, that follows a Jewish boy’s harrowing journey through brutal Eastern European landscapes during World War II.
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A.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales is a renowned collection of short stories by Varlam Shalamov that depicts the brutal realities of life and survival in the Soviet Gulag system.
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B.
The Killing Place
The Killing Place is a crime thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen featuring medical examiner Maura Isles stranded with a group of travelers in a remote, snowbound Wyoming village where a sinister mystery unfolds.
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C.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away is a Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O'Connor that explores themes of faith, prophecy, and destiny through the story of a young boy grappling with his religious calling in the rural American South.
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D.
Cleanness
Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
-
E.
A Garden of Pomegranates
A Garden of Pomegranates is a seminal occult text by Israel Regardie that systematically explores the Qabalistic Tree of Life and its symbolism for students of Western esotericism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| ageRating | NC-17 (United States, some releases) ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Jerzy Kosiński NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Czech Lion Award for Best Cinematography
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Czech Lion Award for Best Director NERFINISHED ⓘ Czech Lion Award for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Painted Bird (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Vladimír Smutný NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionSection | Venice International Film Festival main competition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Czech Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Slovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Václav Marhoul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | IFC Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Luděk Hudec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
historical film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jewish boy ⓘ |
| musicBy | Aleš Březina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | child’s journey through wartime atrocities ⓘ |
| notableFor |
graphic depictions of violence
ⓘ
use of constructed Interslavic language ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Interslavic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premieredAt | 76th Venice International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Karel Jarabek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Serega Melkumov NERFINISHED ⓘ Václav Marhoul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Czech Television
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Silver Screen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 169 ⓘ |
| screenedAt |
London Film Festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Václav Marhoul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Ala Sakalova
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barry Pepper NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvey Keitel NERFINISHED ⓘ Jitka Cvancarová NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian Sands NERFINISHED ⓘ Lech Dyblik NERFINISHED ⓘ Petr Kotlár NERFINISHED ⓘ Stellan Skarsgård NERFINISHED ⓘ Udo Kier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Painted Bird Description of subject: The Painted Bird is a 2019 black-and-white war drama film, based on Jerzy Kosiński’s novel, that follows a Jewish boy’s harrowing journey through brutal Eastern European landscapes during World War II.
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