The Fifth Day of Peace

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

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".

• Release date
• April 17, 1970
• Runtime
• 103 min
• Genres
• Drama, War
• Director
• Giuliano Montaldo

Cast

Franco Nero Bruno Grauber Richard Johnson John Miller

L

Larry Aubrey Reiner Schultz Helmuth Schneider Von Bleicher Bud Spencer Jelinek Michael Goodliffe Snow Relja Bašić George Romney

E

Emilio Delle Piane Gleason