Five Branded Women (1960)

NR03/15/1960Drama, War1h 55m
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All The Savage Ravishing Passions of War!

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Silvana Mangano

    Jovanka

  2. Cast 1

    Jeanne Moreau

    Ljuba

  3. Cast 1

    Vera Miles

    Daniza

  4. Cast 1

    Barbara Bel Geddes

    Marja

  5. Cast 1

    Carla Gravina

    Mira

  6. Cast 1

    Van Heflin

    Velko

  7. Cast 1

    Richard Basehart

    Eric Reinhardt

  8. Cast 1

    Harry Guardino

    Branco

  9. Cast 1

    Alex Nicol

    Svenko

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 effecti...

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