Directed by:
Frank BeyerCinematography:
Günter MarczinkowskyComposer:
Joachim WerzlauCast:
Ulrich Thein, Erwin Geschonneck, Edwin Marian, Manfred Krug, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Fritz Diez, Ernst-Georg Schwill, Fred Düren, Arno Wyzniewski (more)Plots(1)
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. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Ulrich Thein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193870_9e6973.jpg)
Ulrich Thein
German Empire
Best movies:
Coach to Vienna (1966)
Professor Mamlock (1961)
Five Cartridges (1960)
![Erwin Geschonneck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/790/157790941_962845.jpg)
Erwin Geschonneck
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)
Naked Among Wolves (1963)
![Edwin Marian](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/272/161272350_27f0d8.jpg)
Edwin Marian
Poland
Best movies:
The Boxer and Death (1962)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Five Cartridges (1960)
![Manfred Krug](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/540/161540207_3721d9.jpg)
Manfred Krug
German Empire
Best movies:
The Boxer and Death (1962)
Professor Mamlock (1961)
Spur der Steine (1966)
![Armin Mueller-Stahl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/584/164584378_6ea401.jpg)
Armin Mueller-Stahl
German Empire
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Night on Earth (1991)
Shine (1996)
![Fritz Diez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/113/163113107_d94a31.jpg)
Fritz Diez
German Empire
Best movies:
Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) (series)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
![Ernst-Georg Schwill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/038/160038888_ca25e2.jpg)
Ernst-Georg Schwill
German Empire
Best movies:
Die schwarze Mühle (1975) (TV movie)
Strange Gardens (2003)
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
![Fred Düren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/342/163342554_baff21.jpg)
Fred Düren
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Aufenthalt (1983)
I Survived Certain Death (1960)
Solo Sunny (1980)
Arno Wyzniewski
German Empire
Best movies:
Goya, ili tyazhkiy put poznaniya (1971)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Alexander Papendiek
German Empire
Best movies:
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Ezard Haußmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193882_2a81b1.jpg)
Ezard Haußmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Sun Alley (1999)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Joe Schorn
German Empire
Best movies:
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Fritz Ernst Fechner
German Empire
Best movies:
The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
Liberation (1971)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Johannes Maus
German Empire
Best movies:
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Professor Mamlock (1961)
Five Cartridges (1960)
![Hans Ulrich Laufer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/669/162669101_975307.jpg)
Hans Ulrich Laufer
German Empire
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Mephisto (1981)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Fred Ludwig
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Aufenthalt (1983)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Naked Among Wolves (1963)
Hans-Jürgen Degenhardt
Best movies:
Five Cartridges (1960)
![Adolf Peter Hoffmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/682/162682730_056407.jpg)
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
German Empire
Best movies:
The Man Who Cheated Life (1926)
Austeria (1982)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Harald Moszdorf
Best movies:
The Crucible (1957)
Spur der Steine (1966)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Hans Schmidt
Best movies:
Spur der Steine (1966)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)