La vingt-cinquième heure

"A Love Story That Rises Above the Tides of Battle!"

Apr 26 1967 Approved 2h 10m
Drama, War

A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Stalin's troopers, and other happenings.

Plot

During World War II, Johann Moritz (Anthony Quinn), a Romanian gentile peasant, whose pretty wife is lusted after by the village gendarme, is denounced as being Jewish, arrested, and sent to a concentration camp. In the camp, the camp commander mistakes him for a new recruit, a volunteer to the S.S. and he is drafted into the S.S. Ironically, after the war, he is detained by the Allied authorities for his wartime involvement with the S.S.

Written by

Henri Verneuil, François Boyer, Wolf Mankowitz

Directed by

Henri Verneuil

Cast

Anthony Quinn, Virna Lisi, Grégoire Aslan

Crew

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Production Countries

Yugoslavia, United States of America, Italy, France

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Carlo Ponti Production, Avala Film, Les Films Concordia, Compagnia Cinematografica Champion

Languages

Româna, English, Français

Awards

N/A

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La Vingt-cinquième heure (1967)
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