- Country: USA
- Genres: Thriller, War
- Release: 1943-07-12
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Writers: Charles Brackett , Billy Wilder , Lajos Biró
- Language: English | German
- Stars: Franchot Tone (I) (1905–1968) , Anne Baxter , Akim Tamiroff , Fortunio Bonanova (1895–1969) , Peter van Eyck , Erich von Stroheim , Philip Ahlm , Kenneth Anspach , Roger Creed , Leslie Denison
- Runtime: 96 min
- Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 3 nominations total
- AKA: Five Graves to Cairo (United Kingdom) , Kataskopoi tou Alamein (Greece) , Cinco tumbas al Cairo (Argentina) , Ørkenens hemmelighed (Denmark) , Spionaj în deşert (Romania) , Five Graves to Cairo , Cinco Covas no Egito (Brazil) , Vägen till Cairo (Sweden) , Les cinq secrets du désert (Belgium) , 5 Graves to Cairo , Les cinq secrets du désert (France, French Republic) , Cinci morminte până la Cairo (Romania) , Cinco tumbas en el Cairo (Mexico) , Öt lépés Kairó felé (Hungary) , Pet grobova do Kaira (Croatia) , Veien til Kairo (Norway) , I cinque segreti del deserto (Italy) , De vijf geheimen van de woestijn (Belgium) , Five Graves to Cairo (United States of America) , Cinco tumbas al Cairo (Spain) , Пять гробниц по пути в Каир , Tie Kairoon (Finland) , Fünf Gräber bis Kairo , 熱砂の秘密 (Japan) , Pięć grobów na drodze do Kairu (Poland) , Fünf Gräber bis Kairo (Germany) , Cinco tumbas al Cairo (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Cinco Covas no Egipto (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Пет гроба преди Кайро (Bulgaria) , Five Graves to Cairo (Canada)
- Plot:
The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He is helped by the hotel’s owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, afraid of the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans. John assumes the identity of the recently deceased waiter to survive.
- IMDB:tt0035884
Five Graves to Cairo Cast · · · ALL
Billy Wilder
Director
Franchot Tone
(I)
(1905–1968)
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Anne Baxter
Mouche
Akim Tamiroff
Farid
Erich von Stroheim
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Schwegler
Fortunio Bonanova
(1895–1969)
Gen. Sebastiano
Philip Ahlm
Second Soldier (uncredited)
Roger Creed
Fourth Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
(1902–1976)
Third Soldier (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
British Captain (uncredited)
Bud Geary
English Tank Commander (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
German Engineer (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ian Keith
Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)
Miles Mander
Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)
Fred Nurney
Maj. Lamprecht (uncredited)
Konstantin Shayne
Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
Kenneth Anspach
German Soldier