Five Days, Five Nights
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…
- Year: 1961
- Country: East Germany, Germany, Soviet Union
- Genre: War, History
- Studio: DEFA, Mosfilm
- Keyword: world war ii, art gallery, russian army
- Director: Lev Arnshtam, Anatolij Golowanow, Heinz Thiel
- Cast: Heinz-Dieter Knaup, Vsevolod Safonov, Vsevolod Sanayev, Annekathrin Bürger, Jewgenija Kosirjewa, Marga Legal