Topkapi
- Original title
- Topkapi
- Year
- 1964
- Running time
- 120 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Monja Danischewsky. Novel: Eric Ambler
- Cast
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- Melina Mercouri
- Peter Ustinov
- Maximilian Schell
- Robert Morley
- Jess Hahn
- Gilles Segal
- Akim Tamiroff
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery | Heist Film. Wrestling
- Movie Groups
- Eric Ambler Adaptations
- Synopsis
- A small-time con-man with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewelry thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Turkish intelligence, suspecting arms smuggling, gets involved, and under pressure the con-man rises to heights he'd never dreamed of.
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- Awards
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1964: Oscar: Best Supporting Actor (Peter Ustinov)1964: Golden Globes: Nom. for Best Actor (Ustinov) and Actress (Mercouri) - Musical/Comedy1964: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Comedy Screenplay1964: David di Donatello Awards: Golden Plate (Melina Mercouri)1964: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.
- Critics' reviews
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"The story never quite adds up, but with help from Ustinov and Robert Morley, Dassin conjures up a superior light entertainment."
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"If you like heists and holidays, it's almost foolproof entertainment."
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"One of the very best heist films ever made, Topkapi provides the template for the many lighthearted capers that came later"
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"If you don't split something, either laughing or squirming in suspense, we'll be surprised."
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"[A] enjoyable, fast-moving tale of a caper pulled by some of the most delightful characters ever assembled on one screen."
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"Ustinov has probably the meatiest part in the film and one that allows him to use many of the unsubtleties in dominating scenes he has at his command."
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"The film combines sparkling dialogue with moments of unbearable tension."
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