Five Days, Five Nights

Five Days, Five Nights

1961 · 103 min · ★ 7.0 · War, History, Drama

While Dresden is in ruins in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, 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 are ordered to recover the lost paintings.

Directed by Lev Arnshtam · Written by Wolfgang Ebeling

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