5 Fingers (1952)

Réalisateur:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Scénaristes:

L.C. Moyzisch (book)
Michael Wilson (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

22 février 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Thriller

Accroche:

5 FINGERS...BEHIND THEM THE FABULOUS TRUE EXPLOITS OF THE HIGHEST PAID SPY IN HISTORY! (original print ad - all caps)

Intrigue:

Based on a true story. In neutral Turkey during WWII, the ambitious and extremely efficient valet for...

Plot Keywords:

Countess | Nazi | WWII | Valet | Ambassador

Récompenses:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Witty, Suspenseful & Well-Acted!

Ensemble

James Mason	...	Ulysses Diello
Danielle Darrieux	...	Countess Anna Staviska
Michael Rennie	...	Colin Travers
Walter Hampden	...	Sir Frederic Taylor
Oskar Karlweis	...	L. C. Moyzisch
Herbert Berghof	...	Col. von Richter
John Wengraf	...	Count Franz Von Papen
Ben Astar	...	Siebert (as A. Ben Astar)
Roger Plowden	...	Keith Macfadden

Autre(s) titre(s):

Five Fingers

Durée:

108 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Allemand | Portugais | Turc

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Classification:

Australia:PG | West Germany:12 | Finland:K-11 (new rating: 2001) | Finland:K-12 (new visa: 1966) | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Spain:18

Lieux de tournage:

Ankara, Turkey

Société:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Anecdotes:

Henry Hathaway was first considered to direct. Micheline Presle and Alida Valli were approached for the role of Countess Staviska.

Goofs:

Erreurs faites par les personnages (éventuellement des erreurs délibérées par les cinéastes): When the Britsh ambassador's valet Diello (Brit James Mason) suggests that his new German spymaster change the combination on the latter's safe, he gives the existing combination 1-30-33 as based on the date of Hitler's rise to power, suggesting instead 6-18-15, the date of the Battle of Waterloo. One would expect an employee of the Britsh Embassy (particularly one born in the UK) to have used "European" notation (date/month/year) instead of US notation (month/day/year), particularly when speaking with a German.

Guillemet:

Count Franz Von Papen: I've often wondered, Countess - why did you leave Warsaw?
Countess Anna Staviska: Bombs were falling. I felt I was in the way.

Connexions De Film:

figure dans De Bazna à Diello, de la réalité à la fiction (2004) (V)

Witty, Suspenseful & Well-Acted!

I'd never heard of this film when I tuned in to the History channel of all places, hoping for a diversion. I was immediately caught up in this suspenseful and well-acted TRUE STORY of how and why the Nazis obtained advance knowledge of the D-Day invasion, but made no use of it. Some of the most implausible aspects of this fictionalized account - the delicious surprise twist at the end - are TRUE! One of my film guides informed me that "5 Fingers" won the '53 Golden Globe for its excellent screenplay. The highlights of the witty script include the interplay of James Mason, as the suave valet I couldn't help rooting for, and Danielle Darrieux, as the penniless yet glamourously seductive Countess Staviska. The acting of these two is top-notch; the supporting cast is consistently strong, and the Turkish location shooting gives it body. And the direction, by Joseph Mankiewicz is solid. This is a film about which you will ask, as I did: "Why Haven't I Heard of THIS one Before!?!"