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Topkapi, named after Topkapı Palace, is a crime, heist and comedy film directed and produced by Jules Dassin, released on 2 September 1964 and written by Eric Ambler. Filmed in Istanbul, Greece and at Topkapı Palace, it stars Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell and Robert Morley, with cinematography by Henri Alekan, a score by Manos Hatzidakis and costumes by Theoni V. Aldredge. Made in English and German by Filmways Pictures, United Artists and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it runs 119 minutes.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was named to the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films. Distributed by United Artists and Netflix, it carries the tagline "Join us - we'll cut you in on the theft of the century!"
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Film · TMDB
6.5Arthur 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.
Cast
- Melina Mercouri as Elizabeth Lipp
- Peter Ustinov as Arthur Simon Simpson
- Maximilian Schell as Walter Harper
- Robert Morley as Cedric Page
- Jess Hahn as Hans
- Gilles Ségal as Giulio
Themes
- based on novel or book
- smuggling (contraband)
- greece
- museum
- caper
- theft
- dagger
- small time crook
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jules Dassin
- Screenplay by
- Monja Danischewsky
- Based on
- The Light of Day , by Eric Ambler
- Produced by
- Jules Dassin
- Starring
- Melina Mercouri Peter Ustinov Maximilian Schell Robert Morley Akim Tamiroff
- Cinematography
- Henri Alekan
- Edited by
- Roger Dwyre
- Music by
- Manos Hadjidakis
- Color process
- Technicolor
- Production company
- Filmways
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release date
- September 2, 1964 ( 1964-09-02 )
- Running time
- 120 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $7 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Topkapı Palace
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Based on
- The Light of Day
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Cast member
- Despo Diamantidou
- Composer
- Manos Hatzidakis
- Producer
- Jules Dassin
- Cinematographer
- Henri Alekan
- Narrative location
- Topkapı Palace
- Filming location
- Topkapı Palace
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 228703
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Peter Ustinov in Topkapi.jpg
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- Commons category
- Topkapi (film)
- publication date
- 1964-01-01
- title
- Topkapi
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Theoni V. Aldredge
- different from
- Topkapı / Topkapi
- review score
- 95%
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