5 June (film)

5 June (German: Der 5. Juni) is a 1942 German war film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Carl Raddatz, Joachim Brennecke and Karl Ludwig Diehl. The film depicts the events of 1940 when German forces successfully invaded France. It was shot on location in France and Germany. Constant changes to the film, often at the request of the German military, led to large cost overruns.^[1] In November 1942, the film was banned by the Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels for unspecified reasons. It has been speculated that Goebbels thought the film was not entertaining enough or wished to avoid offending the Vichy government of France.^[2]

5 June
Directed by	Fritz Kirchhoff
Written by	Walter Ulbrich
Produced by	Walter Ulbrich
Starring	Carl Raddatz Joachim Brennecke Karl Ludwig Diehl Gisela Uhlen
Cinematography	Walter Pindter
Edited by	Walter Wischniewsky
Music by	Georg Haentzschel
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	25 August 1942 (1942-08-25)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Main cast

• Carl Raddatz as Feldwebel Richard Schulz
• Joachim Brennecke as Gefreiter Eickhoff
• Karl Ludwig Diehl as Generalmajor Lüchten
• Gisela Uhlen as Luise Reiniger
• Paul Günther as Hamann
• Ernst von Klipstein as Oberleutnant Lebsten
• Gerhard Geisler as Stabsfeldwebel Eickhoff
• Hans Richter as Norbert Nauke
• Josef Kamper as Klawitter
• Werner Völger as Retzlaff

References

1. Kreimeier p. 347
2. Eltin p. 177

Bibliography

• Eltin, Richard A., ed. (2002). Art, Culture, and Media Under the Third Reich. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-22087-1.
• Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
• Hull, David Stewart (1969). Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-01489-3.

External links

• 5 June at IMDb