The Fifth Day of Peace

Drama, War

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Giuliano Montaldo

Status Released

Release Date 1970-04-17

Storyline

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".

"One of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of "military justice""