It is the year 1936 and the Spanish Civil War is raging. When the German commander of an international brigade is badly wounded he gives his five comrades a message which he divides up and secretes into in five cartridges. All five shells must reach the battalion in order for the message to be relayed. But Frenchman Pierre can’t bear the heat of the Sierra. When he leaves their hide-out to drink from a well he is hit by an enemy bullet.
Genres:
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
Harald Jopt as Sanchez
Fritz Ernst Fechner as Jirka
Dom de Beern as Otto
Hans Finohr as Pedro
Walter Schramm as Juan
Karl Block as
Ralf Bregazzi as
Hans-Jürgen Degenhardt as
Fred Düren as
Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt as
Ezard Haußmann as
Adolf Peter Hoffmann as
Hans Ulrich Laufer as
Fred Ludwig as
Reinhard Michalke as
Harald Moszdorf as
Alexander Papendiek as
Joe Schorn as
Hans Sievers as
Dietlind Stahl as
Arno Wyzniewski as
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