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Topkapi

Topkapi

1964
Comedy, Suspense/Thriller
2h 0m
Caper film about the theft of a jeweled dagger from an Istanbul museum. (imdb)

Topkapi

1964
Comedy, Suspense/Thriller
2h 0m
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Rated 23 Apr 2013
40
8th
A heist comedy that lacks excitement of any kind. Drags on and on without any real pay-off. Strong production values do nothing for a film that comes across as a boring farce. Only Peter Ustinov offers anything to appreciate, bursting with goofy charm in an Oscar-winning role.
Rated 30 Mar 2010
63
60th
A very nice lighthearted heist movie, a bit slow at times but the finale is quite rewarding.
Rated 18 May 2009
50
33rd
The main characters are exactly the sort of "Look at me, aren't I clever, aren't I sexy, you'll let me get away with anything because I'm just SO clever and sexy and desirable, won't you! Ha ha ha ha ha!" people which are such that I'd like to pound their faces in. They're pretty much the living-color embodiment of the term "Euroscum". Heaven knows the much-ripped-off heist scene and the battle of wits are interesting, but a lot of time is wasted on totally not funny "comic relief" characters
Rated 03 Jan 2008
74
61st
Strange in the beginning, but it keeps getting better. Overall a nice heist movie.
Rated 12 Oct 2024
71
79th
The world has changed a great deal since this film, and it shows in many different ways. Incredibly tense heist scene.
Rated 12 Jul 2023
74
61st
It's amusing enough in the build-up. The heist is properly tense, with the previous knockabout fun tone gone.
Rated 21 Oct 2020
80
64th
Em honra do centenário da grande Melina Mercouri. Uma delicinha de filme, apesar de achar que ele se estende demais na hora inicial, todo o bom humor dá um gostinho a mais do roubo em si, este que é uma cena tão influente de que encontramos vestígios no cinema até hoje Blu-rayRip no MakingOff.
Rated 02 Mar 2018
6
40th
The heist is magnificent, otherwise the movie's barely alive in spite of the auteur's panache.
Rated 31 Aug 2016
70
26th
Great heist scene, meh everything else. An Ocean's eleven style caper, but with a much less interesting cast and a very drawn out planning stage that tries to be a comedy of errors but lacks the energy for it. It passes the time.
Rated 06 Feb 2016
30
17th
I gave up before getting to the heist, having watched 30 interminable minutes of "comedy" I just couldn't be bothered anymore. Comedy heist films are supposed to be zippy and snappy and this just dragged on without purpose
Rated 22 May 2015
70
40th
?stanbul Modern.
Rated 04 May 2013
70
43rd
istanbul, türkiye, topkapi sarayi, soygun, elmas, sultanin hancerindeki 4 elmas yada yakut, soygun ekibi, türk polisi, (Topkapi sarayindaki yalutlu elmasa göz koyan bes ecnebi soygun yapmak için yola koyulurlar. Sinirden geçen biri Türk polisince yakalanir ve muhbir olarak kullanilir. Saraya tepeden girerler. Fakat bir mantik hatasi var. Hançeri alirken agirlik degistiginden alarmin calmasi gerekirdi. Çalmadi. Finali oldukça iyi hesapta olmayan kus zemine basar alarm çalar. RIFIFI'ye benziyor.
Rated 29 Apr 2013
80
64th
79.500
Rated 29 Dec 2011
57
75th
lovely views of Istanbul + Joe Dassin
Rated 22 Oct 2011
80
50th
Cheerful caper with a big-name cast. The heist sequence itself (stealing a dagger from the Topkapi museum) is marvelous: incredibly suspenseful, but also carefully thought out--apparently a nod to director Dassin's own RIFIFI. The rest of the film is quite enjoyable too, and the cast is fun to watch (although I'm not sure Peter Ustinov really deserved an Oscar); Manos Hadjidakis' infectious score and Henri Alekan's fine cinematography (showing off Istanbul's glories) are the icing on the cake.
Rated 29 Sep 2011
45
20th
I like a good heist film more than most but this is pretty bad. Hard to believe this came from the same director as the brilliant 'Rififi'.
Rated 06 Jun 2011
80
75th
The wrestling part did drag a bit, but nicely paced otherwise, and the intro was intriguing/innovative. And I also found the music kinda cool. Not quite sure that the bird constituted absolute proof, but...
Rated 05 May 2011
77
59th
76.750.
Rated 27 Feb 2011
60
21st
Maximilian Schell really mailed in this performance.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
50
35th
Not bad.
Rated 24 Jan 2007
6
71st
The final heist is sensational, but it's a shame that it's absolutely fucking impossible to understand what half the characters are saying through their outrageously thick accents. Watching this movie without subtitles is an absolute no-go.

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