get to see five graf to cairo recently while saw it last about 20 year ago . the same thing that i would forget bother me then come back to bother me once more represent i simply could not get past the fact that franchot tone accent be never take into account by the german character in the story . of a sudden and tone and a british armour sergeant ( with a suspect british accent ) and adopt the identity of the spy davos and with no noticeable change of accent . nor do wild and the film director and account for the nationality of davos . be davos multilingual . be we to assume he address rommel in german . english . french . this inexplicable glitch compromise the verisimilitude of the entire film and strain the viewer credulity . a a result and i could not enjoy other element of the film to the full and despite a charming performance by akim tamiroff . furthermore and von stroheim be totally miscast a rommel who and by all account and be a svelte and elegant and and heroic figure and not a vainglorious and pompous and and porcine caricature .