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".

Director

Giuliano Montaldo

Writers

Andrea Barbato, Giuliano Montaldo, Ottavio Jemma, Lucio Battistrada

Released

April 17, 1970

Language

Italian