Five Graves to Cairo

1943

Action / Drama / Thriller / War

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 80% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 7527 7.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Billy Wilder Photo
Billy Wilder

Top cast

Fortunio Bonanova Photo
Fortunio Bonanova as Gen. Sebastiano
Otto Reichow Photo
Otto Reichow as German Engineer
Anne Baxter Photo
Anne Baxter as Mouche
Erich von Stroheim Photo
Erich von Stroheim as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
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888.1 MB
978*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 4
1.61 GB
1456*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AAdaSC 7 / 10

E-g-y-p-t

It's WW2 and British corporal Franchot Tone (Bramble) is unconscious inside a runaway tank somewhere in the Sahara. He stumbles across a bombed hotel where he is met by the owner Akim Tamiroff (Farid) and the chambermaid Anne Baxter (Mouche). Minutes later, German troops arrive under the leadership of Peter van Eyck (Lt. Schwegler) who takes over the hotel to accommodate his troops and a special guest yet to arrive – none other than the main man Erich von Stroheim (Field Marshal Rommel). Tone is in trouble at this point – what to do? Anne Baxter doesn't particularly like him and threatens to betray him to the new guests. He has to do something bold.I enjoyed this film. It has a different setting to most war films and it doesn't involve any battles apart from the flag-waving nonsense at the end, which, unfortunately, knocks a point off this film as it goes on for too long. The actors do well, especially von Stroheim and Baxter, although her name in this film isn't very complimentary! Both these actors give their characters a depth that brings them to life. The comedy characters of Tamiroff and Italian General Fortunio Bonanova are OK for what they need to do although Tamiroff can be slightly annoying and Fortunio Bonanova is as unrealistic as his name. It doesn't matter too much as we get a film that keeps the viewer watching with tense scenes and an interesting storyline that ends on an emotional note.
Reviewed by metalunar 8 / 10

Amazing this film is so neglected in the U.S.

I'm lucky to live very close to a wonderful video store which has an incredible stock of VHS films. I read a description of the film here at the data base and put it on my list. It blew me away from the very first moment. Sadly , I've been unable to show it to many people since it seems to exist on DVD only in a PAL version although it has made its way to Divx recently . I can only compare it to Casablanca and The Desert Fox in terms of plot and the quality of the writing and acting. It was a pleasure to watch this actor Tone who was a complete novelty for me walk the tightrope that this story truly is. His history seems to suggest he lived life as he wanted to without much regard for fame .For once I'm glad not to see Cary Grant in a film (I never thought I would say that!).
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