Cinco tumbas al Cairo

Título original: Five Graves to Cairo

1943
Approved
1h 36min

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In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.

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En la campaña del norte de África, un rezagado británico consigue hacerse pasar por camarero en el hotel requisado como cuartel general de Rommel. Piensa en asesinar a Rommel, pero su tapade... Leer todoEn la campaña del norte de África, un rezagado británico consigue hacerse pasar por camarero en el hotel requisado como cuartel general de Rommel. Piensa en asesinar a Rommel, pero su tapadera puede tener un uso aún mejor.En la campaña del norte de África, un rezagado británico consigue hacerse pasar por camarero en el hotel requisado como cuartel general de Rommel. Piensa en asesinar a Rommel, pero su tapadera puede tener un uso aún mejor.

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Nominado para 3 premios Óscar
- 3 nominaciones en total

Lt. Schwegler
(as Peter Van Eyck)

Erich von Stroheim

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Philip Ahlm

Second Soldier
(sin acreditar)

Kenneth Anspach

German Soldier
(sin acreditar)

Roger Creed

Fourth Soldier
(sin acreditar)

Leslie Denison

British Captain
(sin acreditar)

John Erickson

First Soldier
(sin acreditar)

Bud Geary

English Tank Commander
(sin acreditar)

Frederick Giermann

German Sergeant
(sin acreditar)

Clyde Jackman

Rommel's Orderly
(sin acreditar)

Ian Keith

Capt. St. Bride
(sin acreditar)

Miles Mander

Colonel Fitzhume
(sin acreditar)

Hans Moebus

Third Soldier
(sin acreditar)

Bill Mussetter

Schwegler Body Guard
(sin acreditar)

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Curiosidades
On the first day director Billy Wilder's hero Erich von Stroheim, arrived on set, Wilder ran to the wardrobe department to welcome him. He said, "This is a very big moment in my life . . . that I should now be directing the great Stroheim. Your problem, I guess, was that you were ten years ahead of your time." Von Stroheim replied, "Twenty."

Pifias
Rommel is consistently depicted as disdainful of Sebastiano, and the Italians in general. In fact Rommel appreciated the aid of the Italians, and consistently encouraged their commanders, such as his counterpart Field Marshal Count Ugo Cavallero, to perform at their best effort.

Citas
Lt. Schwegler: [checking his guidebook entry about the hotel] You have a native cook by the name of Berek.
Farid: [nervous] Terek, sir. Terek. Yes, sir. But he ran away this morning. With the British to Alexandria.
Lt. Schwegler: [checking the guidebook] You have a wife.
Farid: Oh, yes, sir. Yes. But *she* run away. Yes, sir.
Lt. Schwegler: With the British to Alexandria?
Farid: [sadly] No, sir. With a Greek to Casablanca.

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Featured in TCM Guest Programmer: Bill Hader (2010)

Banda sonora
Mattinata
Music by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Sung repeatedly by Fortunio Bonanova

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Memorable 'War" Movie

This film has one of the most arresting opening sequences ever made. A WW II tank seems to be aimlessly wandering across the desert. In fact, the crew is all dead but the accelerator is stuck. With a top-notch cast Billy Wilder spins a tale that takes off from that point. The German general (von Stroheim in one of his most telling roles) has been there before - as an archaeologist preparing for the desert campaign long before the war had begun. The notion that archaeologists make good spies (or, in this case, generals) seems to be a common misconception.