WarDrama

Five Cartridges

Name: Five Cartridges
Director: Frank Beyer
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1960-11-03
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Erwin Geschonneck, Ulrich Thein, Edwin Marian, Ernst-Georg Schwill, Armin Mueller-Stahl

November 3, 1960

1h 30m

TMDB7.6· 9

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.