Five Graves to Cairo

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film spy film thriller film war film

Five Graves to Cairo is a 1943 World War II spy thriller film directed by Billy Wilder, noted for its suspenseful plot involving a British soldier stranded in a desert hotel occupied by German forces.

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Five Graves to Cairo canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
spy film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Ernst Fegté ⓘ
Hans Dreier ⓘ
basedOn Hotel Imperial ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Lajos Bíró ⓘ
basedOnWorkType play ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy John F. Seitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Edith Head ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Billy Wilder ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Doane Harrison ⓘ
filmLocationType desert hotel ⓘ
genre spy film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter John J. Bramble NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Miklós Rózsa ⓘ
narrativeTheme espionage behind enemy lines ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
notableCharacter Erwin Rommel ⓘ
surface form: Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
notableFor depiction of Rommel in World War II ⓘ
suspenseful plot ⓘ
plotElement British soldier stranded in desert hotel ⓘ
hotel occupied by German forces ⓘ
portrayedBy Akim Tamiroff ⓘ
Anne Baxter ⓘ
Erich von Stroheim ⓘ
Franchot Tone ⓘ
producer Charles Brackett ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
protagonistOccupation British soldier ⓘ
releaseYear 1943 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 96 ⓘ
screenwriter Billy Wilder ⓘ
Charles Brackett ⓘ
setting Egypt ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert Campaign

World War II ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork 1940s American cinema ⓘ

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Anne Baxter → notableWork → Five Graves to Cairo ⓘ
Franchot Tone → notableWork → Five Graves to Cairo ⓘ
Franchot Tone → performedIn → Five Graves to Cairo ⓘ
Hans Dreier → notableWork → Five Graves to Cairo ⓘ
Daniel Mandell → edited → Five Graves to Cairo ⓘ
Charles Brackett → notableWork → Five Graves to Cairo ⓘ
Fortunio Bonanova → notableWork → Five Graves to Cairo ⓘ
John F. Seitz → notableWork → Five Graves to Cairo ⓘ