Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
May 26, 1943
War, Thriller, Drama
1h 36m
Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos Franchot Tone
- Mouche Anne Baxter
- Farid Akim Tamiroff
- Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Erich von Stroheim
- Lt. Schwegler Peter van Eyck
- Gen. Sebastiano Fortunio Bonanova
- English Tank Commander (uncredited) Bud Geary
- German Engineer (uncredited) Otto Reichow
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Keywords
- hotel
- egypt
- world war ii
- grave
- german officer
- desert
- british soldier
- assumed identity
- nazi spy
- rommel
- north africa
- tank battle
- man with limp