Five Graves to Cairo
“Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?”
Synopsis
During the 1942 North African campaign, a British soldier who has become separated from his unit takes up a role as a waiter at a hotel that has been taken over as the headquarters of Erwin Rommel. While considering the possibility of assassinating Rommel, he begins to realize that maintaining his cover may offer an opportunity of even greater strategic value.
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Principal cast & crew: 16
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Edited by Doane HarrisonShot by John F SeitzScored by Miklos Rozsa
Box Office
1943 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× its budget
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$1.2M
Also known as
- Fünf Gräber bis Kairode
- Les Cinq Secrets du désertfr
- I cinque segreti del desertoit
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Cast & Crew
16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Franchot Tone
as Cpl. John Bramble
Anne Baxter
as Mouche
Akim Tamiroff
as Farid
Fortunio Bonanova
as Gen. Sebastiano
Peter Van Eyck
as Lt. Schwegler
Erich Von Stroheim
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Philip Ahlm
as Second Soldier
Kenneth Anspach
as German Soldier
Roger Creed
as Fourth Soldier
Leslie Denison
as British Captain
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