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Five Days, Five Nights
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Five Days, Five Nights

1961-02-27 · 103 min · ★ 7.0

War · History · Drama

While Dresden is in ruins in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, 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 are ordered to recover the lost paintings.

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Directors
Lev Arnshtam
Production companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Mosfilm
Countries
East Germany, Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Heinz-Dieter KnaupPaul Naumann
Vsevolod SafonovVsevolod SafonovHauptmann Leonow
Vsevolod SanayevVsevolod SanayevSergeant Koslow
Annekathrin BürgerAnnekathrin BürgerKatrin
Evgeniya KozyrevaEvgeniya KozyrevaNikitina
Evgeniya KozyrevaEvgeniya Kozyreva
Marga LegalMarga LegalLuise Rank
Wilhelm Koch-HoogeWilhelm Koch-HoogeErich Braun
Nikolai SergeyevNikolai SergeyevSchagin
Sergey YakovlevSergey Yakovlevsoviet officer
Oleg GolubitskyOleg GolubitskyAdjutant
Pyotr LyubeshkinPyotr LyubeshkinTerentjew
Vladimir PitsekVladimir PitsekGalkin
Nikolay SmorchkovNikolay SmorchkovTkatschenko
Gennadiy YukhtinGennadiy YukhtinStrokow
Aleksandr DemyanenkoAleksandr Demyanenko
Nikolay PogodinNikolay PogodinRudakow
Barbara DittusBarbara Dittus
Raimund SchelcherRaimund Schelcher
Mikhail MayorovMikhail Mayorov

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