The Fifth Day of Peace

Name: The Fifth Day of Peace
Director: Giuliano Montaldo
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1970-04-17
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Franco Nero, Richard Johnson, Larry Aubrey, Helmuth Schneider, Bud Spencer

“One of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of "military justice"”

1970

1h 43m

Drama War

Director: Giuliano Montaldo

Writers: Andrea Barbato, Giuliano Montaldo

Overview

Based on a true story. Near the end of World War II, two German deserters are put in an Allied POW camp. When a rigid and militaristic German colonel learns about their desertion, he wants them court-martialed, even if the war is over. The uninterested Allied officers oblige him, and the two men face the firing squad on "the fifth day of peace".