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Five Graves to Cairo

Where:

🇱🇾 Libya

When:

The 1940s

Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel? — The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, afraid of the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans. John assumes the identity of the recently deceased waiter to survive.

Released in 1943 — 96 minutes

Genres:

Thriller War

Languages:

English German Italian