Martin Ritt directed 5 Branded Women (aka Five Branded Women), his only war film, an Italian-American produced by Dino De Laurentiis.
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The movie features an international cast of women, including Silvana Mangano, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jeanne Moreau and Vera Miles.
The film is set during the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia.
Five Yugoslavian women are accused of consorting with the Nazis who have taken over their town.
As a result, the women are banished from the town, and later one, meet up with guerillas in the mountains.
It was shot in Italy and Klagenfurt, Austria.
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
Credits:
Directed by Martin Ritt
Written by Ivo Perilli, Michael Wilson, Paul Jarrico, Ugo Pirro (novel)
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis
Cinematography Giuseppe Rotunno
Music by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date: March 15, 1960
Running time: 115 minutes
Box office $1,000,000
