Topkapi (1964)
Topkapi (1964)
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Plot.
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
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Cast & Crew.
Melina Mercouri
Elizabeth Lipp
Peter Ustinov
Arthur Simon Simpson
Maximilian Schell
Walter Harper
Robert Morley
Cedric Page
Jess Hahn
Hans
Gilles Ségal
Giulio
Akim Tamiroff
Gerven the Cook
Titos Vandis
Harback
Ege Ernart
Major Ali Tufan
Senih Orkan
First Shadow
Danyal Topatan
Second Shadow
Joe Dassin
Joseph / Second Assistant Director
Despo Diamantidou
Voula
Jules Dassin
Producer / Director
Henri Alekan
Director of Photography
Monja Danischewsky
Screenplay
Roger Dwyre
Editor / Associate Producer
Eric Ambler
Novel
Manos Hatzidakis
Original Music Composer
Philippe Brun
Second Unit Cinematographer
Max Lechevallier
Assistant Camera
Max Douy
Set Decoration
Daniele Grimberg
Assistant Editor
Roger Corbeau
Still Photographer
Raymond Picon Borel
Second Unit Cinematographer
René Chabal
Assistant Camera
Deni Vachlioti
Costume Design
Gilbert Chain
Camera Operator
Amato Garbini
Makeup Artist
Jacques Douy
Assistant Set Decoration
André Labussière
Set Dresser
Johnny Dwyre
Assistant Editor
Claude Ha
Assistant Production Manager
Ali Çakus
Second Assistant Director
André Cultet
Production Manager
Stepan Melikyan
Second Assistant Director
William Robert Sivel
Sound Engineer
Lucie Lichtig
Script
Patrick Clement-Bayard
Assistant Editor
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release Date
September 2, 1964
Status
Released
Running Time
1h 59m
Content Rating
NR
Filming Locations
Istanbul · Topkapı Palace, Turkey · Greece
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
greece
museum
smuggling
caper
theft
dagger
small time crook
Wiki.
Topkapi is a 1964 American Technicolor heist film produced by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. The film was produced and directed by the émigré American film director Jules Dassin. The film is based on Eric Ambler's novel The Light of Day (1962), adapted as a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky.
The film stars Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley and Akim Tamiroff. The music score was by Manos Hadjidakis, the cinematography by Henri Alekan and the costume design by Theoni V. Aldredge. The film won an Academy Award in 1965, with Peter Ustinov taking home the trophy for Best ing Actor, his second such award in four years.
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