The fabulous tale of a man of mystery!
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.
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Earnest, grave, plot-driven and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Sydney GreenstreetMr. Peters
- Zachary ScottDimitrios Makropoulos
- Faye EmersonIrana Preveza
- Peter LorreCornelius Leyden
- Victor FrancenWladislaw Grudek
- Steven GerayKarel Bulic
- Florence BatesMadame Elise Chavez
- Eduardo CiannelliMarukakis
- Kurt KatchColonel Haki
- Marjorie HoshelleAnna Bulic
Crew
- Jean NegulescoDirector
- Frank GruberScreenplay
- Eric AmblerNovel
- Arthur EdesonDirector of Photography
- Adolph DeutschOriginal Music Composer
- Frederick RichardsEditor
- Henry BlankeProducer
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Pairings
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