Five Branded Women
(1960)
Overview
Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fend for themselves.
Director
Martin Ritt
Writers
Ugo Pirro, Ivo Perilli, Paul Jarrico, Michael Wilson
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Silvana Mangano
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10November 20, 2024
As was traditional during wartime, women who were accused of collaborating with the Nazis had their heads rather brutally shorn so as to clearly brand them for all to see. Based on Ugo Pirro's quite interesting book "Jovanka e le altre" this tells the story of five such women, cast out by their Yugoslav community, who set about finding their own way of avenging themselves upon their oppressors - both foreign and domestic. Silvana Mangano ("Jovank… read the rest.
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Released
Original Language
EN
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