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Topkapi
Topkapi is a 1964 Technicolor heist film produced by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists.
Plot
Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) visits Istanbul, where she sees a traveling fair featuring replicas of treasures from the Topkapı Palace. Next she cases the Topkapı, fascinated by the emerald-encrusted dagger of Sultan Mahmud I. Leaving Turkey, she recruits her ex-lover, Swiss master-criminal Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell), to plan a theft of the dagger. They engage Cedric Page (Robert Morley), master of all things mechanical; Giulio, "The Human Fly" (Gilles Ségal), a mute acrobat; and the burly Hans (Jess Hahn), who will provide the muscle needed for the job.
Awards
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| author | Eric Ambler |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Greece Istanbul Topkapı Palace Turkey |
| director | Jules Dassin |
| editor | Roger Dwyre |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | arrest crown jewels emerald-encrusted dagger end engage even gang member injured kremlin mahmud i moscow kremlin nothing police headquarter police officer regalia of the russian tsars russian imperial crown jewels sultan topkapi dagger trap travel turkish wrestling walk wrestle |
| musicBy | Manos Hatzidakis |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| producer | Jules Dassin |
| productionCompany | Filmways |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Greece Istanbul Topkapı Palace |
| theme | crime comedy heist |