# Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

> A stranded British corporal infiltrates Rommel’s desert headquarters by impersonating a dead German officer, turning a remote hotel into a pressure cooker of wartime espionage.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/41374

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: War, Thriller, Drama
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Cast: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim, Peter van Eyck, Fortunio Bonanova, Philip Ahlm, Roger Creed
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035884/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: tense, suspenseful, grim, classic cinema night, war film marathon

## Synopsis

A lone soldier must navigate a web of deception and danger in a war-torn desert.

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