Overview
During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), five International Brigade soldiers of different nationalities are given a crucial assignment as their commander lies dying: they are to smuggle top-secret information across enemy lines.
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Filming locations
Filmed in Bulgaria
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Music
Music by Joachim Werzlau
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Günter Marczinkowsky
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Walter GorrishScreenplay
- Original title
- Fünf Patronenhülsen
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 3, 1960
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
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Cast
Erwin GeschonneckKommissar Witting
Ulrich TheinWasja der Russe
Edwin MarianJose der Spanier
Ernst-Georg SchwillWilli der Deutsche
Armin Mueller-StahlPierre, der Franzose
Manfred KrugOleg der Pole
Günter NaumannDimitri der Bulgare
Fritz DiezMajor Balanos- Johannes MausKarl
Jochen DiestelmannJerri- Harald JoptSanchez
- Fritz Ernst FechnerJirka
- Dom de BeernOtto
- Hans FinohrPedro
- Walter SchrammJuan
- Karl Block
- Ralf Bregazzi
- Hans-Jürgen Degenhardt
Fred Düren- Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt
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