Topkapi is a 1964 American Technicolor heist film produced by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists.
Original film poster
The real dagger of Mahmud I.
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a political family that was prominent over multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday (1960). Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career. In 1987 she was awarded a special prize in the first edition of the Europe Theatre Prize.
Mercouri in 1982
Mercouri in 1962's Phaedra
Mercouri in 1985
Athens Metro Acropolis station. Melina's photograph on the right.