Trial on the Road
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Trial on the Road is a 1971 Soviet war drama film by director Aleksei German that portrays the moral ambiguity and psychological complexity of a former Soviet POW who joins a partisan unit during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trial on the Road canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9224465 — 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: Trial on the Road Context triple: [Aleksei German, notableWork, Trial on the Road]
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A.
Rolling Road
Rolling Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Northern Virginia that serves residential communities and connects with several key regional routes.
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B.
Coming of the Roads
"Coming of the Roads" is a folk song by American songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler that poignantly reflects on the impact of industrialization and the arrival of modern infrastructure on rural life.
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C.
Life on the Road
Life on the Road is a mockumentary comedy film featuring Ricky Gervais reprising his role as deluded office manager-turned-aspiring rock star David Brent from The Office.
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D.
Refuge of the Roads
"Refuge of the Roads" is a reflective, jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its introspective lyrics and intricate guitar work.
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E.
The Ride
The Ride is a 2017 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado that marked her return after a long hiatus with a more experimental, indie-pop sound.
- 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: Trial on the Road Target entity description: Trial on the Road is a 1971 Soviet war drama film by director Aleksei German that portrays the moral ambiguity and psychological complexity of a former Soviet POW who joins a partisan unit during World War II.
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A.
Rolling Road
Rolling Road is a major north–south thoroughfare in Northern Virginia that serves residential communities and connects with several key regional routes.
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B.
Coming of the Roads
"Coming of the Roads" is a folk song by American songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler that poignantly reflects on the impact of industrialization and the arrival of modern infrastructure on rural life.
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C.
Life on the Road
Life on the Road is a mockumentary comedy film featuring Ricky Gervais reprising his role as deluded office manager-turned-aspiring rock star David Brent from The Office.
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D.
Refuge of the Roads
"Refuge of the Roads" is a reflective, jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its introspective lyrics and intricate guitar work.
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E.
The Ride
The Ride is a 2017 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado that marked her return after a long hiatus with a more experimental, indie-pop sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | banned in the Soviet Union for many years ⓘ |
| cinematographer |
Yuriy Klimenko
ⓘ
linked to:
Yuri Klimenko
|
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticalReception | later acclaimed as a classic of Soviet cinema ⓘ |
| depicts | Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ |
| director | Aleksei German ⓘ |
| editor | Lyudmila Pechieva ⓘ |
| eventualRelease | released during the period of glasnost ⓘ |
| filmingStyle |
bleak visual tone
ⓘ
naturalistic ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| hasBlackAndWhitePhotography | true ⓘ |
| historicalContext | produced during the Brezhnev era ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| mainCharacterRole | former Soviet prisoner of war ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Isaac Schwartz ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | inner conflict of a suspected traitor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
realistic depiction of partisan warfare
ⓘ
subversion of heroic war film conventions ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Проверка на дорогах ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aleksei German filmography
ⓘ
linked to:
Aleksei German
|
| plotSummary | A former Soviet POW suspected of collaboration joins a partisan unit and struggles to prove his loyalty during World War II. ⓘ |
| portrays |
German occupation forces
ⓘ
Soviet collaborators ⓘ Soviet partisans ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Lenfilm ⓘ |
| reasonForCensorship | unvarnished portrayal of war and moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| releaseStatus | shelved until the mid-1980s ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Aleksei German
ⓘ
Eduard Volodarsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| stars |
Anatoly Solonitsyn
ⓘ
Fyodor Odinokov NERFINISHED ⓘ Oleg Borisov NERFINISHED ⓘ Rolan Bykov ⓘ Vladimir Zamansky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
collaboration and resistance
ⓘ
loyalty and betrayal ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ psychological complexity ⓘ |
| title | Trial on the Road ⓘ |
| yearOfCompletion | 1971 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Trial on the Road Description of subject: Trial on the Road is a 1971 Soviet war drama film by director Aleksei German that portrays the moral ambiguity and psychological complexity of a former Soviet POW who joins a partisan unit during World War II.
Referenced by (3)
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