Staff Sergeant Wilhelm in Inglourious Basterds
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Staff Sergeant Wilhelm in Inglourious Basterds is a young German soldier whose tense encounter with undercover Allied operatives in a French tavern becomes one of the film’s most suspenseful and pivotal scenes.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Staff Sergeant Wilhelm in Inglourious Basterds canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Staff Sergeant Wilhelm in Inglourious Basterds Context triple: [Alexander Fehling, notableRole, Staff Sergeant Wilhelm in Inglourious Basterds]
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Fredrick Zoller in Inglourious Basterds
Fredrick Zoller in Inglourious Basterds is a celebrated German war hero turned propaganda film star whose infatuation with a French cinema owner becomes central to the film’s plot.
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B.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket is the brutally intense and verbally abusive Marine drill instructor who embodies the dehumanizing rigor of boot camp training in Stanley Kubrick’s war film.
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C.
Major Ernst John von Freyend in Valkyrie
Major Ernst John von Freyend in *Valkyrie* is a supporting character representing a real-life Wehrmacht officer involved in the events surrounding the 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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D.
Tommy Atkins
Tommy Atkins is a widely grown commercial mango cultivar known for its attractive color, long shelf life, and firm, fibrous flesh.
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E.
Captain Vidal in Pan’s Labyrinth
Captain Vidal in Pan’s Labyrinth is the film’s brutal Falangist officer and primary antagonist, embodying fascist cruelty and authoritarianism in Francoist Spain.
- 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: Staff Sergeant Wilhelm in Inglourious Basterds Target entity description: Staff Sergeant Wilhelm in Inglourious Basterds is a young German soldier whose tense encounter with undercover Allied operatives in a French tavern becomes one of the film’s most suspenseful and pivotal scenes.
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A.
Fredrick Zoller in Inglourious Basterds
Fredrick Zoller in Inglourious Basterds is a celebrated German war hero turned propaganda film star whose infatuation with a French cinema owner becomes central to the film’s plot.
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B.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket is the brutally intense and verbally abusive Marine drill instructor who embodies the dehumanizing rigor of boot camp training in Stanley Kubrick’s war film.
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C.
Major Ernst John von Freyend in Valkyrie
Major Ernst John von Freyend in *Valkyrie* is a supporting character representing a real-life Wehrmacht officer involved in the events surrounding the 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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D.
Tommy Atkins
Tommy Atkins is a widely grown commercial mango cultivar known for its attractive color, long shelf life, and firm, fibrous flesh.
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E.
Captain Vidal in Pan’s Labyrinth
Captain Vidal in Pan’s Labyrinth is the film’s brutal Falangist officer and primary antagonist, embodying fascist cruelty and authoritarianism in Francoist Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German soldier
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| allegiance | Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
2009 film Inglourious Basterds
ⓘ
linked to:
Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Operation Kino ⓘ |
| causeOfConflict | recognition of Archie Hicox’s incorrect hand gesture for three ⓘ |
| causeOfSuspicion | Hicox’s unusual German accent ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
curious
ⓘ
proud new father ⓘ suspicious ⓘ |
| createdBy | Quentin Tarantino ⓘ |
| deathCause | gunshot ⓘ |
| diesIn | La Louisiane tavern shootout ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Inglourious Basterds universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Inglourious Basterds
|
| filmGenreContext |
black comedy
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
ⓘ
linked to:
Inglourious Basterds
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild | newborn son ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Bridget von Hammersmark
ⓘ
Donny Donowitz ⓘ German officers in tavern ⓘ Hugo Stiglitz ⓘ Lieutenant Archie Hicox ⓘ
linked to:
Lt. Archie Hicox
Stiglitz ⓘ
linked to:
Hugo Stiglitz
|
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | German Army ⓘ |
| motivation |
concern for his newborn child
ⓘ
desire to survive tavern shootout ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | obstacle to Allied undercover mission ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in one of the film’s most suspenseful scenes ⓘ |
| notableSceneLocation | La Louisiane tavern ⓘ |
| notableSceneSetting | French tavern ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Alexander Fehling ⓘ |
| rank | Staff Sergeant ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
central figure in La Louisiane tavern standoff
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triggers discovery of Allied undercover operatives ⓘ |
| sceneType | tavern scene ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| toneOfScene |
suspenseful
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tense ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | pistol ⓘ |
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Subject: Staff Sergeant Wilhelm in Inglourious Basterds Description of subject: Staff Sergeant Wilhelm in Inglourious Basterds is a young German soldier whose tense encounter with undercover Allied operatives in a French tavern becomes one of the film’s most suspenseful and pivotal scenes.
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