5 Fingers

5 Fingers (1952)

The true story of the most fabulous spy of all time!

During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

Date of release
1952-02-22
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (109)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 2. Including: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

5 Fingers, known also as Five Fingers, is a 1952 American spy film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Otto Lang. The screenplay was written by Michael Wilson based on the 1950 book Operation Cicero by Ludwig Carl Moyzisch, Nazi commercial attaché at the German embassy in Ankara, Turkey (1943–44).

Production

Location filming in Turkey had been planned but was canceled, as studios were becoming hesitant to shoot films abroad because of the high expense. However, director Joseph L. Mankiewicz traveled to Turkey with a film crew for exterior and background filming in Ankara, including Franz von Papen's original Mercedes-Benz limousine, which Mankiewicz located in Istanbul.

The studio recruited a technical advisor to teach James Mason a bit of the Turkish language, but Mason had learned enough conversational Turkish while spending five months in Turkey making Secret of Stamboul (1936) that the advisor's services were not necessary.

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