Topkapi

Strange in the beginning, but it keeps getting better. Overall a nice heist movie.

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

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.

A very nice lighthearted heist movie, a bit slow at times but the finale is quite rewarding.

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.

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...

79.500

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.

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.

lovely views of Istanbul + Joe Dassin

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.

Not bad.

?stanbul Modern.

76.750.

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.

The heist is magnificent, otherwise the movie's barely alive in spite of the auteur's panache.

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

Maximilian Schell really mailed in this performance.

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'.

It's amusing enough in the build-up. The heist is properly tense, with the previous knockabout fun tone gone.