Le Million
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Le Million is a 1931 French musical comedy film directed by René Clair, celebrated for its inventive use of sound and playful, surreal style.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Million canonical | 13 |
| Le Million (play) | 1 |
| Le millionnaire | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1980531 — 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: Le Million Context triple: [Annabella, notableWork, Le Million]
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A.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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B.
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Fifty Million Frenchmen is a 1929 Broadway musical comedy with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, known for its witty songs and Parisian setting.
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C.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
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D.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
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E.
Au Bonheur des Dames
"Au Bonheur des Dames" is an 1883 novel by Émile Zola that portrays the rise of a Parisian department store and its transformative impact on commerce, urban life, and women's roles in society.
- 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: Le Million Target entity description: Le Million is a 1931 French musical comedy film directed by René Clair, celebrated for its inventive use of sound and playful, surreal style.
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A.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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B.
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Fifty Million Frenchmen is a 1929 Broadway musical comedy with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, known for its witty songs and Parisian setting.
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C.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
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D.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
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E.
Au Bonheur des Dames
"Au Bonheur des Dames" is an 1883 novel by Émile Zola that portrays the rise of a Parisian department store and its transformative impact on commerce, urban life, and women's roles in society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
ⓘ
film ⓘ musical comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Le Million (play)
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linked to:
Le Million
|
| basedOnWorkAuthor |
Georges Berr
ⓘ
Marcel Guillemaud ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Georges Périnal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dialogueLanguage | French ⓘ |
| director | René Clair ⓘ |
| distributor | Tobis Film ⓘ |
| editedBy | René Le Hénaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | France ⓘ |
| genre |
musical comedy
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romantic comedy ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| hasChoreographyStyle | musical ensemble sequences ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | generally positive critical reception ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art and poverty
ⓘ
chance and fortune ⓘ love and jealousy ⓘ |
| includedInList | historically significant early sound films ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Auric ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | farce ⓘ |
| notableFor |
inventive use of sound
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playful visual style ⓘ surreal style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfMovement |
French poetic cinema
ⓘ
linked to:
French poetic realism
|
| plotSummary | A poor artist discovers he holds a winning lottery ticket that becomes lost in a jacket, leading to a frantic search across Paris. ⓘ |
| producer | Tobis Film ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Tobis Film ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 81 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alexandre Arnoux
ⓘ
Georges Berr ⓘ René Clair ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| soundDesignStyle | music and effects synchronized with comic action ⓘ |
| soundFilm | true ⓘ |
| stars |
Annabella
ⓘ
Louis Allibert ⓘ Paul Ollivier ⓘ René Lefèvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesFeature | early sound film techniques ⓘ |
| visualStyle | expressionistic sets and staging ⓘ |
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Subject: Le Million Description of subject: Le Million is a 1931 French musical comedy film directed by René Clair, celebrated for its inventive use of sound and playful, surreal style.
Referenced by (15)
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