Schostakowitsch Festival - Fünf Tage – Fünf Nächte

In the organizer's words:

As part of the Shostakovich Festival 2025, the German-Soviet propaganda film "Five Days - Five Nights" from 1961, which deals with the dramatic events surrounding the rescue of Dresden's art treasures after the Second World War, will be shown. The co-production by DEFA and Mosfilm, directed by Lew Arnschtam, takes us back to a time of reconstruction and political tensions. The Dresden Old Masters Picture Gallery is at the center of this historical drama, which focuses on the difficult decisions and heroic attempts to save the valuable works of art.

The film score was composed by none other than Dmitri Shostakovich, whose music heightens the emotional intensity of the plot and lends even more depth to the dramatic moments.