Five Graves to Cairo
Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?
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- Drama
- Thriller
- War
Overview
During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.
Keywords
- world war ii
- desert
- hotel
- grave
- black and white
- egypt
- tank battle
- british soldier
- north africa
- german officer
- assumed identity
- nazi spy
- rommel
- man with limp
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 26, 1943
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian, German
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount,Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Franchot Tone,Anne Baxter,Akim Tamiroff,Erich von Stroheim,Peter van Eyck,Fortunio Bonanova,Philip Ahlm,Roger Creed,Hans Moebus,Leslie Denisonand 15 more
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Producer
- Buddy G. DeSylva
- Cinematography
- John F. Seitz
- Music
- Miklós Rózsa
- Budget
- $855,000
- Revenue
- $1,200,000
- IMDb
- tt0035884