the town of Holstenwall
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The town of Holstenwall is a fictional, expressionist German town best known as the eerie, distorted setting of the silent horror film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| the town of Holstenwall canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10811776 — 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 town of Holstenwall Context triple: [Cesare, settingOfActions, the town of Holstenwall]
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A.
Town of Schleswig
The Town of Schleswig is a small rural municipality in eastern Wisconsin known for its agricultural landscape and quiet residential character within Manitowoc County.
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B.
Neustadt in Holstein
Neustadt in Holstein is a coastal town on the Baltic Sea in northern Germany, known for its harbor, maritime tourism, and location within the historic Wagria region of Schleswig-Holstein.
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C.
Halstenbek
Halstenbek is a municipality in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, known as a residential suburb on the western outskirts of Hamburg.
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D.
Wallhausen
Wallhausen is a village in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, historically notable as the birthplace of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.
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E.
Goldenstedt
Goldenstedt is a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its rural character and location within the District of Vechta.
- 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 town of Holstenwall Target entity description: The town of Holstenwall is a fictional, expressionist German town best known as the eerie, distorted setting of the silent horror film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."
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A.
Town of Schleswig
The Town of Schleswig is a small rural municipality in eastern Wisconsin known for its agricultural landscape and quiet residential character within Manitowoc County.
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B.
Neustadt in Holstein
Neustadt in Holstein is a coastal town on the Baltic Sea in northern Germany, known for its harbor, maritime tourism, and location within the historic Wagria region of Schleswig-Holstein.
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C.
Halstenbek
Halstenbek is a municipality in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, known as a residential suburb on the western outskirts of Hamburg.
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D.
Wallhausen
Wallhausen is a village in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, historically notable as the birthplace of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.
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E.
Goldenstedt
Goldenstedt is a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its rural character and location within the District of Vechta.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional town ⓘ film setting ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ |
| artStyleOfDepiction | German Expressionism ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
madness
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nightmare‑like reality ⓘ unreliable perception ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
Weimar Republic (Germany)
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linked to:
Weimar Republic
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| depictedAs | small German town ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkSetHere |
German Expressionist film
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horror film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | fictional town in cinema ⓘ |
| influenced |
later cinematic portrayals of distorted urban spaces
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visual language of horror cinema ⓘ |
| introducedInWork | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimaryWork | German ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
eerie atmosphere
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expressionist, distorted architecture ⓘ twisted, angular streets and buildings ⓘ |
| settingOfPlotElement |
Dr. Caligari’s somnambulist murders
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asylum framing story in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ town fair where Dr. Caligari exhibits Cesare ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristics |
jagged, non‑realistic sets
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painted shadows and skewed perspectives ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1920 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the town of Holstenwall Description of subject: The town of Holstenwall is a fictional, expressionist German town best known as the eerie, distorted setting of the silent horror film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.