Kaleun (Captain) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
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Kaleun (Captain) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock is the real-life German U-boat commander whose experiences inspired the central submarine captain character in the World War II film and novel "Das Boot."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kaleun (Captain) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8499225 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaleun (Captain) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock Context triple: [Das Boot (1981 film), character, Kaleun (Captain) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock]
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Captain Ernst Vanselow
Captain Ernst Vanselow was a German naval officer who served as one of Germany’s representatives at the signing of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended fighting in World War I.
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B.
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II known for secretly helping and saving persecuted Jews, most notably Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
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C.
Captain Karl von Raden
Captain Karl von Raden is the dashing Austrian military officer who becomes romantically entangled with the enigmatic spy in the 1928 silent film "The Mysterious Lady."
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D.
Karl Wilhelm von Heideck
Karl Wilhelm von Heideck was a Bavarian military officer and prominent Philhellene who played a significant role in the Greek War of Independence and later served in the administration of the newly established Greek state.
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E.
Franz Walter Stahlecker
Franz Walter Stahlecker was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who led Einsatzgruppe A, overseeing mass murders of Jews and other civilians in Eastern Europe during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaleun (Captain) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock Target entity description: Kaleun (Captain) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock is the real-life German U-boat commander whose experiences inspired the central submarine captain character in the World War II film and novel "Das Boot."
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A.
Captain Ernst Vanselow
Captain Ernst Vanselow was a German naval officer who served as one of Germany’s representatives at the signing of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended fighting in World War I.
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B.
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II known for secretly helping and saving persecuted Jews, most notably Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
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C.
Captain Karl von Raden
Captain Karl von Raden is the dashing Austrian military officer who becomes romantically entangled with the enigmatic spy in the 1928 silent film "The Mysterious Lady."
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D.
Karl Wilhelm von Heideck
Karl Wilhelm von Heideck was a Bavarian military officer and prominent Philhellene who played a significant role in the Greek War of Independence and later served in the administration of the newly established Greek state.
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E.
Franz Walter Stahlecker
Franz Walter Stahlecker was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who led Einsatzgruppe A, overseeing mass murders of Jews and other civilians in Eastern Europe during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German naval officer
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| basedOn | character "Der Alte" (The Old Man) in Das Boot ⓘ |
| commanded |
German submarine U-256
ⓘ
German submarine U-96 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
military
ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ submarine operations ⓘ |
| genreOfNotability |
naval warfare
ⓘ
submarine warfare ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Kaleun ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | historical background of Das Boot ⓘ |
| inspired | fictional U-boat captain in Das Boot ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Kriegsmarine ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Kapitänleutnant
ⓘ
Korvettenkapitän ⓘ |
| notableAssociation | author Lothar-Günther Buchheim ⓘ |
| notableCommand | U-96 in the Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
convoy attacks during World War II
ⓘ
wartime patrols in the North Atlantic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the real-life model for the U-boat captain in Das Boot
ⓘ
commanding German U-boats in World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork | experiences that inspired the captain in Das Boot ⓘ |
| occupation | submarine commander ⓘ |
| partOf | Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
film Das Boot
ⓘ
linked to:
Das Boot (1981 film)
novel Das Boot ⓘ
linked to:
Das Boot (novel)
|
| serviceNumber | Kriegsmarine officer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kaleun (Captain) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock Description of subject: Kaleun (Captain) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock is the real-life German U-boat commander whose experiences inspired the central submarine captain character in the World War II film and novel "Das Boot."
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