5 Fingers (1952)

***5 Fingers***, known also as ***Five Fingers***, is a 1952 American spy film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Otto Lang. The screenplay written by Michael Wilson was based on the 1950 book *Operation Cicero* (original German: *Der Fall Cicero*) by Ludwig Carl Moyzisch, Nazi commercial attaché at the German embassy in Ankara, Turkey (1943–44).

The film is based on the true story of Albanian-born Elyesa Bazna, a spy with the code name of Cicero who worked for the Nazis in 1943–44 while he was employed as valet to the British ambassador to Turkey, Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen. Bazna would photograph top-secret documents and deliver the pictures to Franz von Papen, the German ambassador in Turkey and a former German chancellor, using Moyzisch as the intermediary.

James Mason plays Ulysses Diello (Cicero), the character based on Bazna. The film also stars Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Herbert Berghof and Walter Hampden.

## Shooting

* Filming was from August 17th, 1951 - October 23rd, 1951.

## Cast

* James Mason - Ulysses Diello
* Danielle Darrieux - Countess Anna Staviska
* Michael Rennie - Colin Travers
* Walter Hampden - Sir Frederic Taylor
* Oskar Karlweis - L. C. Moyzisch
* Herbert Berghof - Colonel von Richter
* John Wengraf - Count Franz Von Papen
* Ben Astar - Siebert (as A. Ben Astar)
* Roger Plowden - Keith MacFadden

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Abdullah Abbas - Customer (uncredited)
* Diane Adrian - Singer on French Record (voice) (uncredited)
* Hanna Axmann-Rezzori - Von Papen's Secretary (uncredited)
* Salvador Baguez - Ship's Captain (uncredited)
* David Bauer - Da Costa (uncredited)
* Harry Baum - Footman (uncredited)
* Maurice Brierre
* Oliver Cross - British Officer (uncredited)
* Alexis Davidoff - Turk Guard (uncredited)
* Jack Deery - British Officer (uncredited)
* Lawrence Dobkin - Santos (uncredited)
* Antonio Filauri - Italian Ambassador (uncredited)
* Elias Gamboa - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
* Israel Garcia - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
* Martin Garralaga - Diello's Butler (uncredited)
* Kay Garrett - Member of Parliament (uncredited)
* Kenneth Gibson - British Officer (uncredited)
* Stuart Hall - British Military Attaché (uncredited)
* Lumsden Hare - Member of Parliament (uncredited)
* Yeghishe Harout
* Frank Hemingway
* Paul H. Jackson - Turk (uncredited)
* Aram Katcher - Turk (uncredited)
* Faith Kruger - German Singer (uncredited)
* Stanley Logan - Member of Parliament (uncredited)
* Richard Loo - Japanese Ambassador (uncredited)
* Lester Matthews - Undersecretary (uncredited)
* Keith McConnell - Johnson (uncredited)
* Frank McLure - Member of Parliament (uncredited)
* Charles Meakin - Member of Parliament (uncredited)
* Alberto Morin - Anna Staviska's Butler (uncredited)
* Neyle Morrow - Moslem Priest (uncredited)
* Jeroma Moshan - Charwoman (uncredited)
* Leo Mostovoy - Spectator (uncredited)
* Nestor Paiva - Turkish Ambassador (uncredited)
* Michael Pate - Morrison (uncredited)
* John Candan Rahmi - Turk (uncredited)
* Suzanne Ridgway - Reception Guest (uncredited)
* Gene Roth - Turkish Policeman (uncredited)
* Konstantin Shayne - Headwaiter (uncredited)
* Marc Snow - Banker (uncredited)
* Paul Stathes - Reception Guest (uncredited)
* John Sutton - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
* Sadik Tarlan
* Theresa Testa - Pedestrian (uncredited)
* Walter Theil - German Secretary (uncredited)
* Ivan Triesault - Steuben (uncredited)
* Joan Van Dyke
* Otto Waldis - Pullman Porter (uncredited)
* Patrick Whyte - Code Clerk (uncredited)
* Tom Wilson - Customer (uncredited)
* Alfred Zeisler - General Joseph Kaltenbrunner (uncredited)