The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
157 audience votes
Key crew
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Charles BrackettScreenplay
- Billy WilderScreenplay
- Billy WilderDirector
Cast
- Franchot ToneCpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
- Anne BaxterMouche
- Akim TamiroffFarid
- Erich von StroheimField Marshal Erwin Rommel
- Peter van EyckLt. Schwegler
- Fortunio BonanovaGen. Sebastiano
- Philip AhlmSecond Soldier (uncredited)
- Roger CreedFourth Soldier (uncredited)
- Hans MoebusThird Soldier (uncredited)
- Leslie DenisonBritish Captain (uncredited)
- Bud GearyEnglish Tank Commander (uncredited)
- Frederick GiermannGerman Sergeant (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
hotelegyptworld war iigravegerman officerblack and whitedesertbritish soldierassumed identitynazi spyrommelnorth africa