Five Branded Women

Five Branded Women
Film poster
Directed by	Martin Ritt
Written by	Ivo Perilli Michael Wilson Paul Jarrico Ugo Pirro (novel)
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	Silvana Mangano Barbara Bel Geddes Jeanne Moreau Vera Miles Van Heflin Richard Basehart
Cinematography	Giuseppe Rotunno
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 15, 1960 (1960-03-15)
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	United States Italy
Language	English
Box office	$1,000,000 (US/ Canada)

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 where the film was shot.

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

• List of American films of 1960

External links

• 5 Branded Women at IMDb