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Topkapi

Name: Topkapi
Director: Jules Dassin
Released: 1964-01-01

1964 film directed by Jules Dassin

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Released: 1964
Director: Jules Dassin
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Screenwriter: Monja Danischewsky
Producer: Jules Dassin
Cast: Melina Mercouri
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, Peter Ustinov
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, Maximilian Schell
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, Robert Morley
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Runtime: 115 min
Genre: crime film
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, heist film
, comedy film
Country of origin: United States

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Topkapi is a 1964 American heist comedy film produced and directed by Jules Dassin from a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky, based on the 1962 novel The Light of Day by Eric Ambler. Produced by Filmways and distributed by United Artists, the film stars Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, and Akim Tamiroff. The plot follows a small-time con artist who gets roped into helping a gang of international art thieves steal an emerald-encrusted dagger from Istanbul's Topkapı Palace, while he is simultaneously forced to spy on them for the Turkish police.

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Director of photography: Henri Alekan
Narrative location: Turkey
Istanbul
Greece
Topkapı Palace
Filming location: Istanbul
Greece
Topkapı Palace
Title: Topkapi
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor(February 23, 1965) statement is subject of: 37th Academy Awards · nominee: Peter Ustinov
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Costume designer: Theoni V. Aldredge
Different from: Topkapı / Topkapi criterion used: title refers to multiple creative works
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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Distribution format: video on demand
Named after: Topkapı Palace
Review score: 95%(September 8, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 20 critic review
7.7/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Film editor: Roger Dwyre
Based on: The Light of Day
Kijkwijzer rating: AL content descriptor: none
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