Kairo - Null Uhr

Kairo - Null Uhr (1963)

Cairo

Meisterdieb Major Pickering (George Sanders) hat es auf die Juwelen des Tut-anchamun abgesehen. Als er aus seiner Zelle in einem deutschen Gefängnis entlassen wird, ist alles für den Raubzug bereit. Mit fünf Helfern dringt er in die Nationalgalerie von Kairo ein. Doch sein idiotensicherer Plan geht schief. Mit den Juwelen in der Hand sitzen der Major und seine Meisterdiebe fest. Ist am Fluch des Tutanchamun doch etwas Wahres dran?

Erscheinungsdatum
1963-07-17
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (9)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 31 Min.
Genres
Krimi
Regie
Wolf Rilla

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Cairo is a 1963 heist film directed by Wolf Rilla, written by Joan LaCour Scott, and starring George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamama, John Meillon, Ahmed Mazhar and Eric Pohlmann. It is a remake of the 1950 film noir The Asphalt Jungle, relocated from the American Midwest to the titular Egyptian city. The film was released in January 1963 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Production

The film reunited the star, producer and director of Village of the Damned (1960) and was made through MGM's British production arm under Lawrence Bachmann. It was shot entirely in and around Cairo, including at the Egyptian Museum, the City of the Dead, the Giza Plateau, the Colossi of Memnon, the Medinet Habu and Cairo International Airport. Studio interiors were shot at Arabian Studios. Filming took place in mid 1962.

Richard Johnson was under contract to MGM.

Prominent Egyptian composer Andre Ryder was originally attached to write the film's score, but was replaced by Kenneth V. Jones before release.

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