| The Fifth Day of Peace | |
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English version DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Giuliano Montaldo |
| Starring | Richard Johnson Franco Nero Michael Goodliffe Bud Spencer Helmuth Schneider |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Studio | Clesi Cinematografica Jadran Film |
| Distributed by | USA Scotia International France Les Films Jacques Leitienne |
| Release date(s) | 1969 |
| Running time | English 103 minutes Italian 110 minutes |
| Country | Italy and Yugoslavia |
The Fifth day of Peace, Italian title: Dio è con noi, is an Italo-Yugoslavian movie from 1969.
Two German deserters, Ensign Bruno Grauber (Franco Nero) and Corporal Reiner Schultz (Larry Aubrey) are captured by the Canadians at the end of World War 2. They are interned in a Canadian run POW camp where the senior German officer, colonel Von Bleicher, is a career officer. Their fellow German prisoners of war, led by Von Bleicher, discover that they are deserters. They are put through a formal military court martial organised by Von Bleicher and charged with cowardice. They are sentenced to death and are to be executed on the "fifth day of peace". Von Bleicher pressures the Canadian camp commandant to allow the execution to be carried out and requests rifles and ammunition to carry out the sentence.
A Canadian General, Snow, persuades (but does not order) the Canadian camp commandant, Captain Miller, to allow the execution to be carried out for the higher purpose of preserving military discipline. He also motivates Miller with a promotion to Major.
This movie is based on the true story of two German sailors, leading seaman Bruno Dorfer and machinist's mate Rainer Beck, both executed for desertion on May 13, 1945 after being found guilty of cowardice by fellow POWs. The sentence was carried out by German POWs who were under Canadian command.
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