Based on a true story. Near the end of World War II, two German deserters are put in an Allied POW camp. When a rigid and militaristic German colonel learns about their desertion, he wants them court-martialed, even if the war is over. The uninterested Allied officers oblige him, and the two men face the firing squad on "the fifth day of peace".

• Jadran Film
• Clesi Cinematografica
• Franco Nero
• Richard Johnson
• Larry Aubrey
• Helmuth Schneider
• Bud Spencer
• Michael Goodliffe
• Relja Bašić
• Emilio Delle Piane