Directed by:
Jules DassinCinematography:
Henri AlekanCast:
Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Jess Hahn, Akim Tamiroff, Titos Vandis, Gilles Ségal, Joe Dassin, Amy Dalby, Faik Coşkun (more)Plots(1)
Thought by many to be the inspiration for the TV series Mission: Impossible, Jules Dassin's comedy-thriller follows a group of art thieves as they plot and plan to rob a jewelled dagger from the fortress-like Topkapi Palace museum in sun-soaked Istanbul. With an international cast and a screenplay written by ex-Ealing stalwart Monja Danischewsky, Topkapi is one of the great comic-exotic heist movies. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Melina Mercouri](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/315/163315011_eadf96.jpg)
Melina Mercouri
Greece
Best movies:
He Who Must Die (1957)
The Victors (1963)
The Law (1959)
![Peter Ustinov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/315/163315852_48afc9.jpg)
Peter Ustinov
UK
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Spartacus (1960)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
![Maximilian Schell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384721_7efc7e.png)
Maximilian Schell
Austria
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
![Robert Morley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416735_a7858c.jpg)
Robert Morley
UK
Best movies:
![Jess Hahn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186505_54cb10.jpg)
Jess Hahn
USA
Best movies:
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
When a Woman Meddles (1957)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
![Akim Tamiroff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272389_d5fa40.jpg)
Akim Tamiroff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Touch of Evil (1958)
![Titos Vandis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/339/162339405_dd88ef.jpg)
Titos Vandis
Greece
Best movies:
The Exorcist (1973)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Gilles Ségal
Romania
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
Les Valseuses (1974)
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
Joe Dassin
USA
Best movies:
He Who Must Die (1957)
The Law (1959)
Topkapi (1964)
Amy Dalby
UK
Best movies:
The Passionate Friends (1949)
The Haunting (1963)
Topkapi (1964)
Faik Coşkun
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
L'Immortelle (1963)
Topkapi (1964)
Danyal Topatan
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
Topkapi (1964)
Despo Diamantidou
Greece
Best movies:
Love and Death (1975)
The Horsemen (1971)
Topkapi (1964)
Bedri Çavuşoğlu
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
Topkapi (1964)
Ege Ernart
Turkey
Best movies:
Topkapi (1964)