5 Fingers is a 1951 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The screenplay was based on I was Cicero, the memoirs of Elyesa Bazna, a spy who was active in Ankara, Turkey during the Second World War. He sold top-secret information to the Nazis through the German ambassador in Ankara, Franz von Papen, who gave him the codename "Cicero". 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (February 11, 1909—February 5, 1993) was a Polish-American legendary Hollywood screenwriter, director and producer. ... Elyesa Bazna (1904 - 1970) was German spy, active during the Second World War. ... Ankara from the Atakule Tower, looking N-NE Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Istanbul. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...
In the film, Bazna was recast as a British valet played by James Mason. James Mason in North by Northwest. ...
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