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Five Days, Five Nights

Five Days, Five Nights

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 27, 1961

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

War, History

User Score

70%

Original Title

Pyat dney - pyat nochey

Production Companies

DEFA, Mosfilm

Director

Lev Arnshtam

Description

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…