Sergei Parajanov
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Sergei Parajanov was a visionary Soviet-Armenian film director renowned for his highly poetic, visually innovative films such as "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" and "The Color of Pomegranates."
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sergei Parajanov canonical | 14 |
| Parajanov | 1 |
| Sergei Iosifovich Parajanov | 1 |
| Sergey Parajanov | 1 |
| Serhiy Parajanov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1825622 — 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: Sergei Parajanov Context triple: [VGIK, notableAlumnus, Sergei Parajanov]
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A.
Alexander Sokurov
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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B.
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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C.
Kira Muratova
Kira Muratova was a Ukrainian-Soviet film director and screenwriter renowned for her unconventional narrative style and influential, often controversial arthouse films.
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D.
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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E.
Mikhail Romm
Mikhail Romm was a prominent Soviet film director, screenwriter, and influential teacher whose works and students helped shape the development of Soviet and Russian cinema.
- 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: Sergei Parajanov Target entity description: Sergei Parajanov was a visionary Soviet-Armenian film director renowned for his highly poetic, visually innovative films such as "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" and "The Color of Pomegranates."
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A.
Alexander Sokurov
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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B.
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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C.
Kira Muratova
Kira Muratova was a Ukrainian-Soviet film director and screenwriter renowned for her unconventional narrative style and influential, often controversial arthouse films.
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D.
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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E.
Mikhail Romm
Mikhail Romm was a prominent Soviet film director, screenwriter, and influential teacher whose works and students helped shape the development of Soviet and Russian cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Armenian person
ⓘ
Soviet person ⓘ artist ⓘ film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived | British Film Institute recognition for Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1924-01-09 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Georgian SSR
ⓘ
linked to:
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Union ⓘ Tbilisi ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Yerevan
ⓘ
linked to:
Yerevan, Armenia
|
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| citizenship | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity |
Armenian SSR
ⓘ
linked to:
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Union ⓘ Ukrainian SSR ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Ukraine
|
| deathDate | 1990-07-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
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VGIK ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Armenian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Parajanov
ⓘ
linked to:
Sergei Parajanov
|
| fullName |
Sergei Iosifovich Parajanov
ⓘ
linked to:
Sergei Parajanov
|
| givenName | Sergei ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
Kyiv
ⓘ
Tbilisi ⓘ Yerevan ⓘ
linked to:
Yerevan, Armenia
|
| influencedBy |
Armenian culture
ⓘ
Georgian culture ⓘ Ukrainian culture ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Armenian
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ |
| movement |
Soviet avant-garde cinema
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet montage school
poetic cinema ⓘ |
| notableFor |
nonlinear narrative structures
ⓘ
use of symbolic imagery ⓘ visually innovative films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ashik Kerib
ⓘ
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors ⓘ The Color of Pomegranates ⓘ The Legend of Suram Fortress ⓘ |
| occupation |
collage artist
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film director ⓘ production designer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| style |
highly poetic visual style
ⓘ
tableau-like compositions ⓘ use of folklore and myth ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Sergei Parajanov Museum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sergei Parajanov Description of subject: Sergei Parajanov was a visionary Soviet-Armenian film director renowned for his highly poetic, visually innovative films such as "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" and "The Color of Pomegranates."
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sergei Parajanov
linked to: Sergei Parajanov
linked to: Sergei Parajanov
linked to: Sergei Parajanov
subject linked to:
film "The Legend of Suram Fortress" by Sergei Parajanov
subject linked to:
film "The Legend of Suram Fortress" by Sergei Parajanov