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Five Days, Five Nights
Five Days, Five Nights

Five Days, Five Nights

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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…

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

27 February 1961

Country

East Germany

Cast

Heinz-Dieter Knaup

Heinz-Dieter Knaup

Paul Naumann

Vsevolod Safonov

Vsevolod Safonov

Hauptmann Leonow

Vsevolod Sanayev

Vsevolod Sanayev

Sergeant Koslow

Annekathrin Bürger

Annekathrin Bürger

Katrin

Jewgenija Kosirjewa

Jewgenija Kosirjewa

Nikitina

Marga Legal

Marga Legal

Luise Rank

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Erich Braun

Nikolai Sergeyev

Nikolai Sergeyev

Schagin

Sergey Yakovlev

Sergey Yakovlev

soviet officer

Oleg Golubitsky

Oleg Golubitsky

Adjutant

Pyotr Lyubeshkin

Pyotr Lyubeshkin

Terentjew

Vladimir Pitsek

Vladimir Pitsek

Galkin

Nikolay Smorchkov

Nikolay Smorchkov

Tkatschenko

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Strokow

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Nikolay Pogodin

Nikolay Pogodin

Rudakow

Barbara Dittus

Barbara Dittus

Raimund Schelcher

Raimund Schelcher

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