Five Cartridges
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- Runtime
- 90 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Erwin Geschonneck
- Ulrich Thein
- Edwin Marian
- Ernst-Georg Schwill
- Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Manfred Krug
- Günter Naumann
- Fritz Diez
- Johannes Maus
- Jochen Diestelmann
- Harald Jopt
- Fritz Ernst Fechner
- Dom de Beern
- Hans Finohr
- Walter Schramm
- Karl Block
- Ralf Bregazzi
- Hans-Jürgen Degenhardt
- Fred Düren
- Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt
- Ezard Haußmann
- Adolf Peter Hoffmann
- Hans Ulrich Laufer
- Fred Ludwig
- Reinhard Michalke
- Harald Moszdorf
- Alexander Papendiek
- Joe Schorn
- Hans Sievers
- Dietlind Stahl
- Arno Wyzniewski
Director
- Frank Beyer
Producers
Screenwriter
- Walter Gorrish
