“The Mask of Dimitrios” quotes
(1944)
Jean Negulesco
directed this movie
in 1944
Title The Mask of Dimitrios
Year 1944
Director Jean Negulesco
Genre Drama, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Year 1944
Director Jean Negulesco
Genre Drama, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Plot – Istanbul is a city where thousand trades are made every time of the year. The city is the crossroads of all kind of bandits too. Dimitrios Makropoulos's body is fished out in the Bosporus and a writer is interested in the case, but he gets into troubles.
All actors – Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, Steven Geray, Florence Bates, Eduardo Ciannelli, Kurt Katch, Marjorie Hoshelle, Georges Metaxa, John Abbott
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“How little kindness there is in the world today!”
“Peterson was always too ingenious; and ingenuity is never a substitute for intelligence.”
“I find a murder in a detective story much more sympathetic than a real murder.”
“A book is a lovely thing, a garden stocked with beautiful flowers, a magic carpet on which to fly away to unknown climes.”
“To me the most important thing to know about an assassination is not who fired a shot - but who paid for the bullet!”
“I've known many men, but I've only been afraid of one of them: Dimitrios.”
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