The 5th Day of Peace
One of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of "military justice?"
★★★★★
English / 103 MIN. / 1970
The Genres
The Synopsis
Near the end of World War II, two German deserters are put in an Allied prison camp. When Colonel von Bleicher — the rigid and militaristic commander of German POWs — learns about their desertion, he wants them court-martialed, even if the war has since ended. The uninterested Allied officers oblige him, and the two find themselves facing the firing squad on "the fifth day of peace".