| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Sydney Greenstreet | ... | ||
| Zachary Scott | ... |
Dimitrios Makropoulos
|
|
| Faye Emerson | ... |
Irana Preveza
|
|
| Peter Lorre | ... |
Cornelius Leyden
|
|
| Victor Francen | ... |
Wladislaw Grudek
|
|
| Steven Geray | ... |
Karel Bulic
|
|
| Florence Bates | ... |
Madame Elise Chavez
|
|
| Eduardo Ciannelli | ... |
Marukakis
(as Edward Ciannelli)
|
|
|
|
Kurt Katch | ... | |
|
|
Marjorie Hoshelle | ... |
Anna Bulic
|
|
|
Georges Metaxa | ... |
Hans Werner
|
| John Abbott | ... |
Mr. Pappas
|
|
| Monte Blue | ... |
Abdul Dhris
|
|
|
|
David Hoffman | ... |
Konrad
|
A mystery writer named Leyden is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, to learn more about the man. Along the way, he is joined by mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation. Written by Ken Yousten <[email protected]>
I saw this movie 3 times in blackout conditions in 1944 on the German front just before the Battle of the Bulge. That was 3 separate times and apparently it was the only movie on the whole front. I just viewed it again today, 2002, and showed not a bit of age. It is exciting though it is 75% talk and 25% action. But what talk: Greenstreet and Lorre!! All the parts are finely chosen and hand polished until they fit the space perfectly. They don't make them like this anymore. Put it with Casablanca, Maltese Falcon (Bogart one), Key Largo, etc. If you like these, you'll love the Mask. And Col. Haki is great and in a previous movie was played by Orson Wells, i.e., another Eric Ambler movie. It is the Balkans in 1938 and background shots are exciting. If you don't know Faye Emerson, you will wish you did. Rush out and rent it.