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Genres: Drama
Starring: Vera Miles, Richard Basehart, Steve Forrest, Silvana Mangano, Harry Guardino, Barbara Bel Geddes, Van Heflin
Director(s): Martin Ritt
Country: USA, Italy
Year: 1960
Available Quality: DivX
IMDB Rating: 6.2 out of 10 (169 votes)
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.
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ejmartiniak (26 May 2012)
review of 5 Branded Women
This film is one of the least known gems to come from producer Dino deLaurentiis. Five women in war-torn Yugoslavia have their heads shavedfor having intimate relations with a German soldier. The five bond andeventually join the partisan group who punished them back in theirvillage. The film documents their fight against the enemy of theirhomeland, and their internal feelings of remorse, love, and hate. Thewomen all give stellar performances--Silvana Mangano, Barbara BelGeddes, Vera Miles, Jeanne Moreau, and young Carla Gravina. Van Heflinand Harry Guardino also deliver fine performances, as the leader of theYugoslav partisan group and the troublemaker of the partisans,respectively. But perhaps the most touching performance comes fromRichard Basehart as the German Captain Erich Reinhardt. In the littlescreen time he has, Mr. Basehart delivers a gem, bringing poignantly tolife a gentle widower, plucked from his comfortable life as auniversity professor to fight in the war. He is captured by thepartisans, and bonds with the 5 Branded Women who have been acceptedinto their group. He had shown sympathy for the women in the beginningof the film after their disgrace was made public, and in captivity, hebonds with them, particularly Mira (Carla Gravina),(whose baby hedelivers) and Ljuba (Jeanne Moreau),(who finds herself in danger offalling for him). It takes a special talent to make you care for acharacter who is supposed to be a "bad guy", and to do it in less thanten minutes of total screen time is an art form. Mr. Basehart wasindeed an artist. This is just one touching instance of the emotionalexploration of the characters in this movie. Each character comes tolife. A very little known film, but a must see. The action and emotionis raw and realistic throughout.
MONA0825 (26 May 2012)
No place for love or mercy in wartime
This relatively unknown gathers a very impressive cast of both Europeanand American actors and actresses. Silvia Mangano gives a fineperformance as the leader of the titled women. These women are castedaway from a little town in Yugoslavia 1943 because they have slept witha Nazi Sargent (except innocent Vera Miles who didn't go beyond kissingbut anyway is accused as the others), not before they are humiliated bytheir own people by cropping their hair.The girls bound together and they wander around the country until theyresolve to join the partisans despite their initial resilience. Thewomen will form relationships with the partisans and a captured GermanCaptain (R. Basehart).But it's wartime and this is no Hollywood movie: there are no happyendings or black and white feelings or situations. The movie is grittyand somehow cruel. The movie has its flaws, the pacing could be betterand some characters feel underdeveloped, but all things considered,this is a very good movie. It's not released on DVD, but you can findit over the Internet. It's well worth the search.
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