Alexander Sokurov
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Alexander Sokurov is a Russian film director and screenwriter renowned for his meditative, visually distinctive art films such as "Russian Ark" and "Mother and Son."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Sokurov canonical | 15 |
| Alexander Nikolaevich Sokurov | 1 |
| Sokurov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1825618 — 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: Alexander Sokurov Context triple: [VGIK, notableAlumnus, Alexander Sokurov]
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A.
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky was a renowned Soviet film director and screenwriter celebrated for his poetic, philosophical, and visually meditative cinema, including works like "Andrei Rublev," "Solaris," and "Stalker."
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B.
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor best known for his epic adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s "War and Peace," which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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C.
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Andrey Zvyagintsev is a Russian film director and screenwriter acclaimed for stark, emotionally intense dramas such as "The Return," "Leviathan," and "Loveless."
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D.
Sergei Mrachkovsky
Sergei Mrachkovsky was a Soviet Old Bolshevik and military commander who became a prominent victim of Stalin’s Great Purge, executed after being tried in the first Moscow Show Trial.
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E.
Kira Muratova
Kira Muratova was a Ukrainian-Soviet film director and screenwriter renowned for her unconventional narrative style and influential, often controversial arthouse films.
- 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: Alexander Sokurov Target entity description: Alexander Sokurov is a Russian film director and screenwriter renowned for his meditative, visually distinctive art films such as "Russian Ark" and "Mother and Son."
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A.
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky was a renowned Soviet film director and screenwriter celebrated for his poetic, philosophical, and visually meditative cinema, including works like "Andrei Rublev," "Solaris," and "Stalker."
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B.
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor best known for his epic adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s "War and Peace," which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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C.
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Andrey Zvyagintsev is a Russian film director and screenwriter acclaimed for stark, emotionally intense dramas such as "The Return," "Leviathan," and "Loveless."
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D.
Sergei Mrachkovsky
Sergei Mrachkovsky was a Soviet Old Bolshevik and military commander who became a prominent victim of Stalin’s Great Purge, executed after being tried in the first Moscow Show Trial.
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E.
Kira Muratova
Kira Muratova was a Ukrainian-Soviet film director and screenwriter renowned for her unconventional narrative style and influential, often controversial arthouse films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary filmmaker
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeInField | world cinema ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Lion for Best Film
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linked to:
Golden Lion
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| awardReceivedForWork | Faust ⓘ |
| citizenshipPeriod | Soviet era and post-Soviet Russia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russia
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| familyName |
Sokurov
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linked to:
Alexander Sokurov
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| fullName |
Alexander Nikolaevich Sokurov
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linked to:
Alexander Sokurov
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
drama film
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experimental film ⓘ historical film ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Andrei Tarkovsky ⓘ |
| knownFor |
intimate chamber dramas
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philosophical historical dramas ⓘ single-take feature film Russian Ark ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| movement |
art film
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slow cinema ⓘ |
| name | Alexander Sokurov ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableAward | Golden Lion ⓘ |
| notableFor | continuous Steadicam shot in Russian Ark ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Elegy of a Voyage
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Father and Son ⓘ Faust ⓘ Moloch ⓘ Mother and Son ⓘ Russian Ark ⓘ Taurus ⓘ The Sun ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| style |
long takes
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meditative visual style ⓘ painterly cinematography ⓘ |
| subjectOf | retrospectives at major film festivals ⓘ |
| workFocus |
family relationships
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history ⓘ power and authority ⓘ spiritual and metaphysical themes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alexander Sokurov Description of subject: Alexander Sokurov is a Russian film director and screenwriter renowned for his meditative, visually distinctive art films such as "Russian Ark" and "Mother and Son."
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alexander Sokurov
linked to: Alexander Sokurov