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Release Date:
May 26, 1943
Original Title:
Five Graves to Cairo
Alternate Titles:
Cinco Covas no Egito
Cinco tumbas al Cairo
De vijf geheimen van de woestijn
Fünf Gräber bis Kairo
I cinque segreti del deserto
Kataskopoi tou Alamein
Les 5 Secrets du desert
Les cinq secrets du désert
Piec grobów na drodze do Kairu
Tie Kairoon
Vägen till Cairo
Öt lépés Kairó felé
Ørkenens hemmelighed
Пять гробниц по пути в Каир
Genres:
Drama | Thriller | War
Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
BR: e 10 DE: 12 NL: 9 US: NR
Runtime: 96
The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He assumes the identity of a recently deceased waiter and is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, who fears the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans.
Art Direction:
Hans Dreier
Ernst Fegté
Assistant Camera:
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Director:
Charles C. Coleman
Herbert Coleman
Henry S. Kesler
Associate Producer:
Charles Brackett
Camera Operator:
Haskell B. Boggs
Costume Design:
Edith Head
Director:
Billy Wilder
Director of Photography:
John F. Seitz
Editor:
Doane Harrison
Executive Producer:
Buddy G. DeSylva
Hairstylist:
Leonora Sabine
Location Manager:
Norman Lacey
Makeup Artist:
Wally Westmore
Albert MacQuarrie
Ben Nye
William Knight
Orchestrator:
Eugene Zador
Original Music Composer:
Miklós Rózsa
Screenplay:
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
Set Decoration:
Bertram C. Granger
Set Dressing Supervisor:
Sam Comer
Sound Recordist:
Philip Wisdom
Ferrol Redd
Stunts:
Roger Creed
Gordon Carveth
Theatre Play:
Lajos Biró
Unit Manager:
Hugh Brown
Sidney Street
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