Five Days, Five Nights (1960 film)

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Five Days, Five Nights
Progress Film
(GDR)
Release dates
  • 28 February 1961 (1961-02-28) (USSR)
  • 31 March 1961 (1961-03-31) (GDR)
Running time
106 minutes
CountriesSoviet Union
East Germany
LanguagesRussian, German

Five Days, Five Nights (Russian: Пять дней, пять ночей, romanized: Pyat Dney, Pyat Nochei; German: Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) is a 1961 joint Soviet–East German film, directed by Lev Arnshtam and Heinz Thiel.

Plot

On 8 May 1945, the day of Germany's surrender at the

Old Masters Picture Gallery from the ruins of the Zwinger
Palace. During the next five days, while searching for the collection, he encounters several of the city's residents who have also returned from the war. Although they distrust the Soviets at first, they eventually assist them to recover the pictures.

Cast

Production

The picture's plot was inspired by the recovery of the art of the

Old Masters Picture Gallery by Soviet troops in 1945. The art collection was then taken to the USSR, where it was kept until being returned to the Dresden Gallery during 1960.[1][2] The film was the first Soviet–East German co-production in the field of cinema.[3]

Reception

Five Days, Five Nights sold more than two million tickets in the German Democratic Republic.[4]

The film critic of Der Spiegel described the picture as "making no claim to document history truthfully", while also quoting Walter Ulbricht, who called it "a great work of the Working Class" and a monument to Soviet–East German friendship.[5] The Die Zeit reviewer wrote: "the film portrays the Germans quite objectively. But the Soviets? We could only wish for it. Although we well realize that could not have been as they are depicted: noble, faultless and helpful."[6]

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-548-60218-9
    . p. 122.
  2. ^ Ilse Heller, Hans-Thomas Krause. Kulturelle Zusammenarbeit, DDR-UdSSR. Universität Halle-Wittenberg (1967). ASIN B0000BRJTW. p. 111.
  3. ISBN 978-3-446-12453-0
    . p. 255.
  4. ISBN 978-3-484-35110-3
    . p. 129.
  5. ^ Non-credited writer. Kampf in der Galerie. Der Spiegel, 12 April 1961.
  6. ^ Non-credited writer. Zuviel des Edelmuts. Die Zeit, 31 March 1961.

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