They Were Five

They Were Five (1952)

January 23rd, 19521h 29min

Drama
52%

Overview

Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a boxer, Roger an actor, André a student and Philippe remains what he has always been, a young man of good social standing. Roger, who can't find any role, is introduced through his singer sister Valérie, to Frédo, a shady nightclub owner.Roger soon becomes one of Frédo's henchmen. To make matters worse, he swipes Jean's fiancée, Simone. Marcel, who loses fight after fight, ends up joining Fredo's gang as well. André, who wanted to redeem the faults of his father during the Occupation, gets killed in the Indochina war. Marcel is shot down while taking part in a robbery. In her turn, Valérie is bumped off by an accomplice of Fredo and Roger is sent to jail.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Ruusu ja kulkuri

Ruusu ja kulkuri


Released on: 1948-11-05
Drama, Music, History

The story of Finnish singer Abraham 'Aappo' Ojanperä, who was born in the late 1850s. On his journey...

The Bridge

The Bridge


Released on: 1949-01-02
Drama

Factory workers in 1947 repair a bridge over Song Hua River so that Communist forces can use it.

The Case of Dr Wagner

The Case of Dr Wagner


Released on: 1954-10-08
Drama

Dr. Wagner is a scientist currently working on an experiment for the Asta plant in East Berlin. If t...

My Life for Ireland

My Life for Ireland


Released on: 1941-01-02
Drama, War

A Nazi propaganda movie from 1941 directed by Max W. Kimmich, covering a story of Irish heroism and ...

Anna Szabó

Anna Szabó


Released on: 1949-12-02
Drama

A female worker in Socialist Hungary gains the acceptance of her male colleagues.

The Wages of Fear

The Wages of Fear


Released on: 1953-04-22
Drama, Thriller, Adventure

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into ...

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath


Released on: 1940-03-15
Drama

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due t...

Rome, Open City

Rome, Open City


Released on: 1945-10-08
Drama, War

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis ...

Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America


Released on: 1984-05-23
Drama, Crime

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty yea...

Titanic

Titanic


Released on: 1943-09-24
Drama, History

In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the ove...

Carola Lamberti

Carola Lamberti


Released on: 1954-11-30
Drama

Carola has been running the family-owned circus alone since her husband’s death, but she suddenly fi...

Zugverkehr unregelmäßig

Zugverkehr unregelmäßig


Released on: 1951-07-26
Crime, Drama

After Jochen saves police officer Erich's life, the two men become close friends and Erich helps Joc...

Gaslight

Gaslight


Released on: 1944-05-04
Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

The Concert

The Concert


Released on: 1954-05-04
War, Drama, Music

Celebrating the end of World War II and liberation of their city, a group of students is set on hold...

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty


Released on: 1935-11-22
Adventure, Drama, History

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty....

Die Unbesiegbaren

Die Unbesiegbaren


Released on: 1953-03-13
Drama

The film "Die Unbesiegbaren" covers an episode in German history, in which the Bismarck government t...

Daughters of China

Daughters of China


Released on: 1949-01-02
Drama, War

Women play a heroic role in the Volunteer Army fighting the Japanese in the puppet state of Manchuku...

Child of the Danube

Child of the Danube


Released on: 1950-05-15
Drama, Comedy, Music, Romance

Marika is a cheerful girl who lives on the Danube aboard an old barge she inherited from her father....

Bicycle Thieves

Bicycle Thieves


Released on: 1948-07-21
Drama

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. Howeve...

Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread


Released on: 1949-11-04
Drama

A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin ...