Night and Fog
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Night and Fog is a 1956 French documentary short film by Alain Resnais that hauntingly examines the horrors of Nazi concentration camps through archival footage and contemporary images.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Night and Fog canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10723023 — 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: Night and Fog Context triple: [Alain Resnais, notableWork, Night and Fog]
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A.
Chambre Ardente
The Chambre Ardente was a special court of the French monarchy in the late 17th century, notorious for its secretive trials and harsh sentences in cases of poisoning, witchcraft, and related crimes.
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B.
A Survivor from Warsaw
A Survivor from Warsaw is a dramatic cantata by Arnold Schoenberg that powerfully depicts a Holocaust survivor’s harrowing memories through spoken narration, chorus, and orchestra.
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C.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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D.
The Night Porter
The Night Porter is a controversial 1974 Italian psychological drama film that explores a sadomasochistic relationship between a former Nazi officer and a concentration camp survivor, noted for its provocative themes and Charlotte Rampling’s haunting performance.
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E.
Le Jour Se Lève
Le Jour Se Lève is a 1939 French poetic realist film directed by Marcel Carné, renowned for its tragic love story, atmospheric cinematography, and influential use of flashback narrative.
- 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: Night and Fog Target entity description: Night and Fog is a 1956 French documentary short film by Alain Resnais that hauntingly examines the horrors of Nazi concentration camps through archival footage and contemporary images.
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A.
Chambre Ardente
The Chambre Ardente was a special court of the French monarchy in the late 17th century, notorious for its secretive trials and harsh sentences in cases of poisoning, witchcraft, and related crimes.
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B.
A Survivor from Warsaw
A Survivor from Warsaw is a dramatic cantata by Arnold Schoenberg that powerfully depicts a Holocaust survivor’s harrowing memories through spoken narration, chorus, and orchestra.
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C.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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D.
The Night Porter
The Night Porter is a controversial 1974 Italian psychological drama film that explores a sadomasochistic relationship between a former Nazi officer and a concentration camp survivor, noted for its provocative themes and Charlotte Rampling’s haunting performance.
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E.
Le Jour Se Lève
Le Jour Se Lève is a 1939 French poetic realist film directed by Marcel Carné, renowned for its tragic love story, atmospheric cinematography, and influential use of flashback narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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documentary film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Prix Jean Vigo ⓘ |
| basedOn | text by Jean Cayrol ⓘ |
| censorship | subject to censorship in France ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Ghislain Cloquet
ⓘ
Sacha Vierny ⓘ |
| colorProcess |
black-and-white
ⓘ
color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
Auschwitz concentration camp
ⓘ
linked to:
AuschwitzBirkenau
Majdanek concentration camp ⓘ
linked to:
Majdanek
|
| director | Alain Resnais ⓘ |
| distributor | Tamac ⓘ |
| editedBy | Alain Resnais ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Auschwitz-Birkenau
ⓘ
linked to:
AuschwitzBirkenau
Majdanek ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
ⓘ
essay film ⓘ short documentary ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | suitable for educational use in many countries ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
complicity
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forgetting ⓘ memory ⓘ state violence ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hanns Eisler ⓘ |
| narrator | Michel Bouquet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early cinematic treatment of the Holocaust
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influential Holocaust documentary ⓘ juxtaposition of color contemporary images with black-and-white archival footage ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Nuit et brouillard ⓘ |
| partOf | French New Wave era context ⓘ |
| producer | Anatole Dauman ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Argos Films ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1956-06-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 32 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| subject |
Holocaust
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Nazi concentration camps ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi camp system
World War II atrocities ⓘ |
| title | Night and Fog ⓘ |
| usesFootageType |
archival footage
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contemporary footage ⓘ |
| writer | Jean Cayrol ⓘ |
| yearAwardReceived | 1956 ⓘ |
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