Five Branded Women
Five Branded Women is a 1960 Italian-American international co-production film directed by Martin Ritt and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It featured an international cast including Silvana Mangano, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jeanne Moreau and Vera Miles and was Ritt's only war movie, set during the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia. Film was shot in Italy and Austria (Klagenfurt).
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| Directed by | Martin Ritt |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Written by | Ivo Perilli Michael Wilson Paul Jarrico Ugo Pirro (novel) |
| Starring | Silvana Mangano Barbara Bel Geddes Jeanne Moreau Vera Miles Van Heflin Richard Basehart |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United States Italy |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,000,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Plot
Yugoslav partisans grimly crop the hair of a village quintet of women believed to have consorted with the occupational Nazis. Four, for various reasons, have indeed - and their seducer is a lone, swaggering sergeant whom the partisans briskly emasculate. Escorted out of town by the sheepish Nazis, the forlorn ladies link up, patriotically and romantically, with a band of tough mountain guerrillas.
Cast
- Silvana Mangano: Jovanka
- Jeanne Moreau: Ljuba
- Vera Miles: Daniza
- Barbara Bel Geddes: Marja
- Carla Gravina: Mira
- Van Heflin: Velko
- Richard Basehart: Cap. Reinhardt
- Harry Guardino: Branco
- Alex Nicol: Svenko
- Steve Forrest: Sgt. Keller
- Gérard Herter: Colonel von Elm
- Romolo Valli: Mirko
- Sidney Clute: Milan
- Pietro Germi: partisan commander
- Guido Celano: Drago
- Giacomo Rossi Stuart
See also
References
- "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p 47. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.