DramaWar

Five Branded Women

- All The Savage Ravishing Passions of War!

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.

Release Date : 1960-03-15

Language :GermanEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesDDL Cinematografica

Production Country : ItalyUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : 5 Branded Women

Cast

Character Name : Jovanka

Original Name : Silvana Mangano

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ljuba

Original Name : Jeanne Moreau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Daniza

Original Name : Vera Miles

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marja

Original Name : Barbara Bel Geddes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mira

Original Name : Carla Gravina

Gender : Female

Character Name : Velko

Original Name : Van Heflin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eric Reinhardt

Original Name : Richard Basehart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Branco

Original Name : Harry Guardino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Svenko

Original Name : Alex Nicol

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Keller

Original Name : Steve Forrest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Col. von Elm

Original Name : Gérard Herter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mirko

Original Name : Romolo Valli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Milan

Original Name : Sidney Clute

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boja

Original Name : Teresa Pellati

Gender : Female

Character Name : Partisan Commander

Original Name : Pietro Germi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drago

Original Name : Guido Celano

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Franca Dominici

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Aldo Silvani

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Tiberio Mitri

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Amedeo Trilli

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Aldo Pini

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Carlo Hintermann

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Nona Medici

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Serena Canevari

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Gérard Landry

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Tonio Selwart

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bob Cunningham

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Carmen Scarpitta

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Donatella Mauro

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Gianni Solaro

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Cyrus Elias

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Vera Fusek

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Erwin Strahl

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-11-20

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 ("Jovanka") leads the band of ladies who include Barbara Bel Geddes ("Maria"), Jeanne Moreau ("Ljuba") and Vera Miles ("Daniza") as they prove just as effective at carrying out their tasks as their menfolk - led by "Velko" (Van Heflin). This is one of those, quite rare, stories that demonstrates that women were no push over when it came to ruthlessness - and even though some co-operated with the soldiers more willingly than others, none did so without the permanent fear for the lives of themselves and their children - a series of scenarios well depicted here by a strong cast under good direction from Martin Ritt. It has it's fair share of ambushes, and plenty of action and double-crosses to keep the thing alive and engaging. Only a tiny bit of romance - and even that seems to engender a rather unpalatable degree of punishment - gets in the way of this plausible and at times quite gripping tale of freedom fighting.