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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
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4 May 1943 (USA)
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Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?
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The fate of Cairo is in the hands of a British corporal undercover in Rommel's headquarters. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 3 Oscars.
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Warlike adventure with thriller , suspense and historic events
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Franchot Tone | ... | Cpl. John J. Bramble / Davos |
 | Anne Baxter | ... | Mouche |
 | Akim Tamiroff | ... | Farid |
| Erich von Stroheim | ... | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
| Peter van Eyck | ... | Lt. Schwegler (as Peter Van Eyck) |
| Fortunio Bonanova | ... | Gen. Sebastiano |
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96 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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Continuity: When Bramble walks/runs into the town his shadow is behind him, then in front, then again behind him.
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Lt. Schwegler:
We've been killing the English like flies! Later, we'll kill the flies like the English.
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Referenced in Shadows of Suspense (2006) (V)
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This picture was a popular hit in the time, concerning about historical deeds, as well as intrigue, action and comedy. In June 1942 things looked black indeed for British Eight Army. It was beaten, scattered and in flight Tobruck had fallen and the rats of desert were besieged . The victorious General Rommel(Erich Von Stroheim) and his Africa Korps were pounding the British back and back toward Cairo and the Suez Canal. On July first 1942, Rommel and his Afica Korps reached El Alamein, as far east as they ever got. The film is set on an Arab Hotel called Hotel Imperial, where its proprietary Farid(Akim Tamiroff) accords to let a British soldier named Bramble(Franchot Tone) assume the identity of a deceased barman. There finds a French chambermaid named Moush(Anne Baxter) whose interest is in obtaining her brother out of a Nazi POW camp . Then, she asks to German lieutenant(Peter Van Eich) to win her brother's release. But the dead waiter results to have been a German spy , so Bramble tries to know where the Nazi supply depots have been stashed. Later Bramble is assigned one mission in Cairo, and on September seventh 1942, a new made Lieutenant bought a parasol at a little shop in Cairo. On October twenty fourth to the skirt of a bagpipe General Montgomery's Eight Army launched its counter offensive .
The film displays suspense, intrigue, action as well as lots of humor and wartime feats. Excellent performances, special mention Erich Von Stroheim as one of his prestigious roles as Nazi general and Fortunio Bonanova as an Italian singer official. Interesting script by Charles Brackett; Billy Wilder also collaborated on the screenplay and is based on the play 'Hotel Imperial' by Lajos Biro. In 1938, started the famed friendship between Charles Brackett and Austrian born Billy Wilder, following his initial hit there the former year with very funny 'The major and the minor' and prospered on such movies as 'Hold back the dawn, Ball of fire and Ninotchka', before they became a director-writer-producer tandem with Billy Wilder doing the film-making . The movie packs an evocative cinematography in black and white by magnificent cameraman John B. Seitz. Atmospheric musical and appropriate musical score by the master Miklos Rozsa. This highly successful motion picture is perfectly directed by the classic Billy Wilder. Rating : Better than average, well worth watching.