Topkapi 1964 G
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When
8.00pm, Fri 13 May 2022 (120 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
‘For Topkapi, Jules Dassin took a minor novel by Eric Ambler (The Light of Day) and turned it into a delightful and suspenseful comedy spoof of his own Rififi. A band of thieves, assembled by a deliciously intent Mercouri, attempts to steal a fabulous emerald-encrusted dagger from the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul. The ultimate theft is depicted in a long sequence reminiscent of his earlier heist scene—but this time with considerably more levity. Dassin assembled a flawless cast of charming rogues and charlatans, including Peter Ustinov in an especially humorous performance that earned him the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.’ Harvard Film Archive
G | The content is very mild in impact
Production Credits
- Director: Jules Dassin/ Script: Monja Danischewsky
- Based on: the novel by Eric Ambler
- Cinematographer: Henri Alekan
- Editor: Roger Dwyre
- Cast: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximillian Schell
- Print Source / Rights: Park Circus
- Year: 1964
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Countries: Turkey, USA
- Language: English
- Sound: Mono
- Colour: Colour
- Screening Format: 35mm