Five Days One Summer

Five Days One Summer

An obsession, a love, a memory.

PG 1982 · 108 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama, Romance

A 1930s Scottish doctor goes climbing in the Alps with an infatuated niece he passes off as his wife.

Directed by Fred Zinnemann · Written by Michael Austin

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