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Five Cartridges
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.
Director and cast
- Frank Beyer Director
- Erwin Geschonneck as Kommissar Witting
- Ulrich Thein as Wasja der Russe
- Edwin Marian as Jose der Spanier
- Ernst-Georg Schwill as Willi der Deutsche
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Pierre, der Franzose
- Manfred Krug as Oleg der Pole
- Günter Naumann as Dimitri der Bulgare
- Fritz Diez as Major Balanos
- Johannes Maus as Karl
- Jochen Diestelmann as Jerri
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