Topkapi
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DVD Details
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 7, 2014
- Originally Released: 1964
- Label: KL Studios Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov & Maximilian Schell | |
Performer: | Robert Morley, Akim Tamiroff, Jess Hahn, Titos Vandis & Joseph Dassin | |
Directed by | Jules Dassin | |
Edited by | Roger Dwyre | |
Screenwriting by | Monja Danischewsky | |
Composition by | Manos Hadjidakis | |
Art Direction by | Max Douy | |
Produced by | Jules Dassin | |
Director of Photography: | Henri Alekan |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1964 -
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: C+ --
Stylish lighthearted comical heist drama of stealing a priceless diamond and emerald-studded dagger from Turkey's world-famous Topkapi Museum.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 5/5 --
Classic heist film with breezy direction and top cast.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
It's a far cry from his classic American thrillers or his brilliant British noir, Night and the City.
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Time Out
Rating: B+ --
Jules Dassin's popular heist comedy-adventure is an enjoyable film, boasting an international cast headed by wife Melina Mercouri and Oscar-winner Peter Ustinov.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 3.5/4 --
If you like heists and holidays, it's almost foolproof entertainment.
Chicago Tribune
It is the performances, however, that have enabled the movie to retain its vitality.
DVDLaser
Rating: 5/5 --
This is proof that a popcorn movie can still be made as intelligently and as skillfully as any 'classier' project.
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eFilmCritic.com
Product Description:
Five years after directing the heist classic RIFIFI, Jules Dassin returns to robbery with TOPKAPI. Again there is a long and daring break-in, as his heroes attempt to steal the priceless Emerald Dagger from the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, but in contrast to the bleak RIFIFI, the mood in TOPKAPI is one of comedy. Dassin focuses on the bumbling Arthur Simpson (Peter Ustinov), who barely makes a living conning tourists. Arthur thinks he's struck it rich when Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) and her lover Walter (Maximilian Schell) respond to his pitch--not realizing they picked him. They persuade Arthur to drive across the Greek-Turkish border. When the Turkish police find arms in the car, they believe they have uncovered a terrorist plot. They only release Arthur after he agrees to spy for them. Elizabeth and Walter plan their robbery, while Arthur is drawn ever further out of his depth, as he looks for evidence of terrorism. Mercouri and Schell handle the planning; Ustinov, Robert Morley as the eccentric Cedric, and Akim Tamiroff as a dipsomaniac cook, handle the comedy; the Turkish scenery is beautiful, and Manos Hadjidakis contributes a sprightly score--the result is a light and airy comedy.
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- UPC: 738329143121
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