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Five Days, Five Nights
Five Days, Five Nights (; ) is a 1961 joint Soviet–East German film, directed by Lev Arnshtam and Heinz Thiel.
Plot
On 8 May 1945, the day of Germany's surrender at the end of World War II, exiled communist Erich Braun returns along with the Red Army to his native city of Dresden, only three months after it was devastated in aerial bombardment. He aids a group of Soviet soldiers to recover the art of the Old Masters Picture Gallery from the ruins of the Zwinger Palace. During the next five days, while searching for the collection, he encounters several of the city's residents who have also returned from the war. Although they distrust the Soviets at first, they eventually assist them to recover the pictures.
More details
| author | Lev Arnshtam |
|---|---|
| director | Heinz Thiel Lev Arnshtam |
| editor | Tatyana Likhacheva |
| events | World War II |
| keywords | bombing of dresden in world war ii dresden end end of world end of world war ii in europe exile it was devastated in aerial bombardment old masters picture gallery red army search zwinger |
| musicBy | Dmitri Shostakovich |
| producer | Otman Karayev, Adolf Fischer |
| productionCompany | DEFA Mosfilm |
| publisher | Progress Film |