Five Branded Women (1960)

Directed by

Martin Ritt

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, five women from a Yugoslavian town are publicly shaved and branded as collaborators after they are forced to associate with German soldiers. They band together and join a group of partisans to fight against the occupation.

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What happens

Five Branded Women is a 1960 Italian-American film directed by Martin Ritt (his only war film) and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It features an international cast including Silvana Mangano, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jeanne Moreau and Vera Miles. This was Moreau's first American production. The film is set during the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia and was shot in Italy and Klagenfurt, Austria. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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