The Assassin of the Tsar
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The Assassin of the Tsar is a 1991 Russian psychological drama film that explores guilt and madness through a patient who believes he assassinated Tsar Nicholas II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Assassin of the Tsar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9549355 — 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: The Assassin of the Tsar Context triple: [Karen Shakhnazarov, notableWork, The Assassin of the Tsar]
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A.
A Life for the Tsar
A Life for the Tsar is a 19th-century Russian opera by Mikhail Glinka that is often regarded as the first great Russian national opera.
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B.
The Czar’s Madman
The Czar’s Madman is a historical novel by Estonian writer Jaan Kross that explores power, conscience, and resistance through the story of a nobleman who defies the Russian tsar.
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C.
Chambers of the Romanov Boyars
The Chambers of the Romanov Boyars is a historic 16th–17th century Moscow residence-turned-museum that showcases the domestic life and environment of the Romanov family before they became Russia’s ruling dynasty.
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D.
The Kremlin Letter
The Kremlin Letter is a 1970 Cold War espionage film, co-written by former CIA officer E. Howard Hunt, known for its intricate spy plot and bleak, cynical tone.
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E.
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and written by Geoff Burton, following an alienated young man adrift in the streets of West Berlin.
- 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: The Assassin of the Tsar Target entity description: The Assassin of the Tsar is a 1991 Russian psychological drama film that explores guilt and madness through a patient who believes he assassinated Tsar Nicholas II.
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A.
A Life for the Tsar
A Life for the Tsar is a 19th-century Russian opera by Mikhail Glinka that is often regarded as the first great Russian national opera.
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B.
The Czar’s Madman
The Czar’s Madman is a historical novel by Estonian writer Jaan Kross that explores power, conscience, and resistance through the story of a nobleman who defies the Russian tsar.
-
C.
Chambers of the Romanov Boyars
The Chambers of the Romanov Boyars is a historic 16th–17th century Moscow residence-turned-museum that showcases the domestic life and environment of the Romanov family before they became Russia’s ruling dynasty.
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D.
The Kremlin Letter
The Kremlin Letter is a 1970 Cold War espionage film, co-written by former CIA officer E. Howard Hunt, known for its intricate spy plot and bleak, cynical tone.
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E.
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and written by Geoff Burton, following an alienated young man adrift in the streets of West Berlin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | events surrounding the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Nikolai Nemolyaev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| director | Karen Shakhnazarov ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Mosfilm ⓘ |
| editingBy | Vera Ostrinskaya ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Tsar Nicholas II
ⓘ
linked to:
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
|
| filmingLocation | Russia ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ psychological drama ⓘ |
| hasTitleInRussian | Цареубийца ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Vladimir Dashkevich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
guilt
ⓘ
madness ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A psychiatric patient claims he assassinated Tsar Nicholas II and the film explores his guilt and mental state. ⓘ |
| producer | Mosfilm ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Mosfilm ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alexander Borodyansky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karen Shakhnazarov ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Andrei Krasko
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan ⓘ Malcolm McDowell ⓘ Oleg Yankovsky ⓘ Yuri Sherstnev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: The Assassin of the Tsar Description of subject: The Assassin of the Tsar is a 1991 Russian psychological drama film that explores guilt and madness through a patient who believes he assassinated Tsar Nicholas II.
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