Five Days, Five Nights (1961)

Five Days, Five Nights (1961)

Release Date: 1961, February 27
Directors: Heinz Thiel, Lev Arnshtam, Anatolij Golowanow
Countries: Soviet Union, East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Mosfilm
Cast: Nikolai Sergeyev, Nikolay Smorchkov, Heinz-Dieter Knaup, Annekathrin Bürger, Vsevolod Sanayev, Marga Legal, Vsevolod Safonov, Gennadiy Yukhtin, Oleg Golubitsky, Nikolay Pogodin, Vladimir Pitsek, Pyotr Lyubeshkin

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…