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Actors: James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden, Oscar Karlweis, John Wengraf
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about 5 Fingers |
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5 FINGERS is a film co-written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1950. The picture is based on "Operation Cicero", a novel written by the German diplomat L.C. Moyzisch.
Diello, the British ambassador's butler in Turkey, contacts the German embassy and tells the military attaché that he can sell him top secret documents. The Germans are at first skeptical, but the first documents delivered by Diello turn out to be authentic. Diello benefits from the absolute confidence of the ambassador who doesn't suspect that, every night, his butler is photographing the content of his safe.
Diello's goal is to get 200,000 pounds from the Germans and retire and live happily in Rio de Janeiro in the company of the countess Anna Staviska, the ruined widow of a Polish noble. After a few weeks, London sends an investigator to Ankara in order to discover who's responsible for the leaks coming out of the embassy.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of 5 Fingers |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- main char doing spying/sabotage
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- servant
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- government investigator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Turkey
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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