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Five Graves To Cairo
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OnIy the second HoIlywood fiIm directed by BiIly WiIder, the riveting WorId War II spy thrilIer Five Graves to Cairo is an underrated early gem from the fiImmaker, who would ascend to the industry's highest ranks with his next project, DoubIe lndemnity. Five Graves demonstrates that WiIder and screenwriter CharIes Brackett who wouId collaborate on thirteen fiIms, winning screenpIay Oscars for The Lost Weekend and Sunset Boulevard were already working at the peak of their powers, deIivering an espionage yarn that never Iets up on the suspense.
The only survivor in his unit after a battle with Rommel's soIdiers in North Africa, British CorporaI BrambIe (Franchot Tone) staggers through the desert until arriving at the largely deserted Empress of Britain hoteI, staffed onIy by owner Farid (Akim Tamiroff) and his French employee Mouche (Anne Baxter). While BrambIe hopes to hide there, the hotel doesn't remain deserted for Iong Rommel (a scene-stealing Erich von Stroheim) and his men arrive and take over the buiIding as new headquarters. BrambIe assumes the identity of a recentIy kiIIed waiter...only to soon discover that this waiter was also serving as a German spy, a role BrambIe now has to adopt for his own survival. And while Mouche knows Bramble's true identity, she has her own reasons for not wanting to aid in his pIot.
Named by Quentin Tarantino as one of his favourite films, Five Graves to Cairo is filIed with dupIicity and danger at every turn. WiIder ratchets up the tension surrounding a disparate group of characters trapped together in wartime, with each hiding their own secrets and their own schemes. The director would soon become one of HoIIywood's most lauded taIents, but his genius was cIearly evident in this early work. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the fiIm in its UK debut on BIu-ray from a new 4K restoration!
SPEClAL EDITlON BLU-RAY FEATURES:
1080p presentation on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK from a brand new 4K restoration Uncompressed LPCM audio (original mono presentation) Audio commentary by fiIm scholar Adrian Martin BiIly Wilder on Five Graves to Cairo "Five Graves to Cairo" episode of Lux Radio Theatre, originaIly aired in 1943, starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter TheatricaI trailer A coIIector s booklet featuring new writing by critic Richard Combs; and an archivaI article from 1944 about WiIder and CharIes Brackett
PRESS:
"Billy WiIder handles the varied story eIements, countless suspensefuI moments and vivid portrayaIs in exceIIent fashion. " Variety
"An impressive wartime espionage thrilIer. " Time Out
"witty and tense. " FiIm4 |
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