The Mask of Dimitrios

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film film noir mystery film

The Mask of Dimitrios is a 1944 film noir mystery, based on Eric Ambler’s novel, that follows a writer’s investigation into the life and death of a notorious criminal across Europe.

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The Mask of Dimitrios canonical 9
The Mask of Dimitrios (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
adaptationOfGenre spy thriller novel ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Eric Ambler ⓘ
basedOn The Mask of Dimitrios self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Mask of Dimitrios (novel)
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
castMember Eduardo Ciannelli ⓘ
Faye Emerson ⓘ
Florence Bates ⓘ
Kurt Katch ⓘ
Peter Lorre ⓘ
Steven Geray ⓘ
Sydney Greenstreet ⓘ
Victor Francen ⓘ
Zachary Scott ⓘ
characterPlayedBy Cornelius Leyden – Peter Lorre ⓘ
Dimitrios Makropoulos – Zachary Scott ⓘ
Mr. Peters ⓘ
surface form: Mr. Peters – Sydney Greenstreet
cinematographer Arthur Edeson ⓘ
composer Adolph Deutsch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Jean Negulesco ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editor Frederic Knudtson ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
hasTheme crime ⓘ
identity ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
mainCharacter Colonel Haki ⓘ
Cornelius Leyden ⓘ
Dimitrios Makropoulos ⓘ
Mr. Peters ⓘ
narrativeLocation Athens ⓘ
Belgrade ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Sofia ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A mystery writer investigates the life and death of criminal Dimitrios Makropoulos across Europe after seeing his body in a morgue. ⓘ
producer Henry Blanke ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseYear 1944 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 95 ⓘ
screenwriter Frank Gruber ⓘ
William Faulkner ⓘ
setInPeriod interwar period ⓘ

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Sydney Greenstreet → notableWork → The Mask of Dimitrios ⓘ
Faye Emerson → notableWork → The Mask of Dimitrios ⓘ
The Mask of Dimitrios → basedOn → The Mask of Dimitrios self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Mask of Dimitrios (novel)
Jean Negulesco → notableWork → The Mask of Dimitrios ⓘ
Jean Negulesco → directed → The Mask of Dimitrios ⓘ
Victor Francen → notableWork → The Mask of Dimitrios ⓘ
Anthony Veiller → wrote → The Mask of Dimitrios ⓘ
Benson Fong → notableWork → The Mask of Dimitrios ⓘ
Steven Geray → notableWork → The Mask of Dimitrios ⓘ
Dorothy Marie Ogden → notableWork → The Mask of Dimitrios ⓘ
subject surface form: Sydney Greenstreet