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Five Days, Five Nights

WarHistoryDrama
7.0·1961·1h 43m

Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. While Dresden is in ruins, ...

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Heinz-Dieter Knaup

Paul Naumann

Vsevolod Safonov

Vsevolod Safonov

Hauptmann Leonow

Vsevolod Sanayev

Vsevolod Sanayev

Sergeant Koslow

Annekathrin Bürger

Annekathrin Bürger

Katrin

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Jewgenija Kosirjewa

Nikitina

Marga Legal

Marga Legal

Luise Rank

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Erich Braun

Nikolai Sergeyev

Nikolai Sergeyev

Schagin

DIRECTORS

Lev Arnshtam, Heinz Thiel, Anatolij Golowanow

OVERVIEW

Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. While Dresden is in ruins, over two thousand paintings by artists including Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, Giorgione, and Vermeer have disappeared from the city’s Old Masters Picture Gallery. Red Army captain Leonov and his soldiers have been ordered to recover the lost paintings. During the next five days, Dresden’s residents join the search for the collection. A secret Nazi document offers a first lead…