The 5th Day of Peace
"One of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of "military justice""
1970
2.7
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".
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1970
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".
- director
- Giuliano Montaldo
- cast
- Franco Nero, Richard Johnson, Larry Aubrey, Helmuth Schneider
- runtime
- 1 hr 43 mins
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