Five Graves to Cairo
1943 film by Billy Wilder
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Summary
Five Graves to Cairo is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (840 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Billy Wilder[3]
- Screenwriter: Charles Brackett[4], Billy Wilder[5]
- Composer: Miklós Rózsa[6]
- Genre: war film[7], drama film[8], romance film[9]
- Cast member: Franchot Tone[10], Anne Baxter[11], Akim Tamiroff[12], Erich von Stroheim[13], Peter van Eyck[14], Fortunio Bonanova[15], Ian Keith[16], Konstantin Shayne[17], Miles Mander[18]
- Producer: Charles Brackett[19]
- Production company: Paramount Pictures[20]
- Director of photography: John F. Seitz[21]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[22]
- Commons category: Five Graves to Cairo[23]
- Review score: 7.6/10[24], 100%[25]
- Color: black-and-white[26]
- Country of origin: United States[27]
- Publication date: January 1, 1943[28], May 26, 1943[29], May 28, 1943[30], July 9, 1943[31], July 12, 1943[32]
- Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[33]
- Narrative location: Libya[34]
- Main subject: World War II[35]
- Film editor: Doane Harrison[36]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White[37], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[38], Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White[39]
- Title: Five Graves to Cairo[40]
- FSK film rating: FSK 12[41]
- Duration: 100 minutes[42]
- Capital cost: 855,000 US dollars[43]
- Set in period: World War II[44], 20th century[45], 1940s[46]
- Costume designer: Edith Head[47]
Why It Matters
Five Graves to Cairo has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]