Five Days, Five Nights (1961)

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…

Release Date : Feb 27, 1961

Runtime : 1h 43m

Genre : War  History  

Companies : DEFA, Mosfilm

Countries : East Germany, Germany, Soviet Union

Keywords : world war ii, art gallery, russian army