
The 5th 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".
- Year: 1970
- Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
- Genre: Drama, War
- Studio: Jadran Film, Clesi Cinematografica
- Keyword: nazi, world war ii, prisoner of war, mock trial, miscarriage of justice
- Director: Giuliano Montaldo
- Cast: Franco Nero, Richard Johnson, Larry Aubrey, Helmuth Schneider, Bud Spencer, Michael Goodliffe