The Fifth Day of Peace

At the end of WWII in Holland, Bruno Grauber (Franco Nero) and Reiner Schultz (Larry Aubrey) have dumped their uniforms. They are caught and placed in a POW camp run by Canadian soldiers. Captain Miller (Richard Johnson) is the Canadian in charge. Colonel Von Bleicher (Helmuth Schneider) is the senior German officer. The strict German career soldier insists on brutal disipline to maintain order. When the deserters are discovered, the Germans put them on trial.

This is the non-sense of war. Unbelievably, it's based on a true story. It is sad in its idiocy. It is really a mental battle between the two senior commanders and only one side wants to win. Both actors are doing great work. Franco Nero is also a standout.