Movie
The Mask of Dimitrios
Overview
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
Details
- Release date
- 1944-06-23
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Lorre as Cornelius Leyden
- Sydney Greenstreet as Mr. Peters
- Zachary Scott as Dimitrios Makropoulos
- Faye Emerson as Irana Preveza
- Victor Francen as Wladislaw Grudek
- Steven Geray as Karel Bulic
- Florence Bates as Madame Elise Chavez
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Marukakis
- Kurt Katch as Colonel Haki
- Marjorie Hoshelle as Anna Bulic
- Georges Metaxa as Hans Werner
- John Abbott as Mr. Pappas
Crew
- Jean Negulesco - Director
- Frank Gruber - Screenplay
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