Five Cartridges(Movie, 1960)

Name: Five Cartridges
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1960
Duration: T01:30:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "Fünf Patronenhülsen" (German/DE)

1h 30min | Genres: War, Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 4 votes)

Five Cartridges (German: Fünf Patronenhülsen) is a 1960 East German film directed by Frank Beyer and starring Erwin Geschonneck, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Manfred Krug. ()

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About Five Cartridges

It is the year 1936 and the Spanish Civil War is raging. When the German commander of an international brigade is badly wounded he gives his five comrades a message which he divides up and secretes into in five cartridges. All five shells must reach the battalion in order for the message to be relayed. But Frenchman Pierre can’t bear the heat of the Sierra. When he leaves their hide-out to drink from a well he is hit by an enemy bullet.

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Production countries: Germany, East Germany / German Democratic Republic (GDR)

Shot in: Bulgaria

Made by: DEFA

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: German (DE)

Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/03/1960

Cast: Erwin Geschonneck, Ulrich Thein, Edwin Marian, Ernst-Georg Schwill, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Manfred Krug, Günter Naumann, Fritz Diez, Johannes Maus, Jochen Diestelmann, Dom Beern, Hans Finohr, Walter Schramm, Ralf Bregazzi, Fred Düren, Adolf Peter Hoffmann, Fred Ludwig, Arno Wyzniewski, Ezard Haußmann, Alexander Papendiek

Director: Frank Beyer

Screenwriter: Walter Gorrish

Film Editor: Evelyn Carow

Director of Photography: Günter Marczinkowsky

Composer: Joachim Werzlau

Keywords: spanish civil war (1936-39), spain, heat, ball

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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