The White Tower (film adaptation)
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The White Tower (film adaptation) is a 1950 adventure drama film about a group of climbers attempting a perilous ascent of a Swiss mountain, adapted from James Ramsey Ullman’s novel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The White Tower (film adaptation) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10074320 — 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 White Tower (film adaptation) Context triple: [James Ramsey Ullman, subjectOf, The White Tower (film adaptation)]
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A.
Nieuwe Toren
Nieuwe Toren is a historic clock and bell tower in the Dutch city of Kampen, known as a prominent landmark in its old town skyline.
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B.
The Tower
The Tower is a 1928 poetry collection by W.B. Yeats that reflects his mature style, blending Irish myth, personal reflection, and meditations on aging and artistic legacy.
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C.
The Tower
The Tower is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role.
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D.
The Tower
The Tower is the famous historic castle complex on the north bank of the River Thames in London, renowned for its role as a royal palace, prison, and fortress.
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E.
Der Turm
Der Turm is a late Expressionist drama by Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal that reimagines Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" in a dark, politically charged setting.
- 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 White Tower (film adaptation) Target entity description: The White Tower (film adaptation) is a 1950 adventure drama film about a group of climbers attempting a perilous ascent of a Swiss mountain, adapted from James Ramsey Ullman’s novel.
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A.
Nieuwe Toren
Nieuwe Toren is a historic clock and bell tower in the Dutch city of Kampen, known as a prominent landmark in its old town skyline.
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B.
The Tower
The Tower is a 1928 poetry collection by W.B. Yeats that reflects his mature style, blending Irish myth, personal reflection, and meditations on aging and artistic legacy.
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C.
The Tower
The Tower is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role.
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D.
The Tower
The Tower is the famous historic castle complex on the north bank of the River Thames in London, renowned for its role as a royal palace, prison, and fortress.
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E.
Der Turm
Der Turm is a late Expressionist drama by Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal that reimagines Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" in a dark, politically charged setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The White Tower (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | James Ramsey Ullman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The White Tower (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Cedric Hardwicke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Claude Rains NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenn Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Lloyd Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ Oskar Homolka NERFINISHED ⓘ Valli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Jack Cardiff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Roy Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Ted Tetzlaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Samuel E. Beetley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Chamonix
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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drama ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | Technicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Andreas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carla Alton NERFINISHED ⓘ Hein NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Ordway NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Delambre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | perilous mountain ascent ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Sid Rogell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1950 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 98 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charles Bennett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Jarrico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Swiss Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
climbing accident risk
ⓘ
human endurance ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ |
| title | The White Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The White Tower (film adaptation) Description of subject: The White Tower (film adaptation) is a 1950 adventure drama film about a group of climbers attempting a perilous ascent of a Swiss mountain, adapted from James Ramsey Ullman’s novel.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.