Five Branded Women

Five Branded Women
Directed byMartin Ritt
Written byIvo Perilli
Michael Wilson (uncredited until 1998 due to blacklisting)
Paul Jarrico (uncredited until 1998 due to blacklisting)
Based onthe novel Jovanka e le altre
by Ugo Pirro
Produced byDino De Laurentiis
StarringSilvana Mangano
Vera Miles
Barbara Bel Geddes
Jeanne Moreau
Richard Basehart
Harry Guardino
Steve Forrest
Alex Nicol
Carla Gravina
Van Heflin
CinematographyGiuseppe Rotunno
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 15, 1960 (1960-03-15)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Italy
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,000,000 (US/ Canada)

Five Branded Women is a 1960 Italian-American film directed by Martin Ritt (his only war film) and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It features an international cast including Silvana Mangano, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jeanne Moreau and Vera Miles. This was Moreau's first American production. The film is set during the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia and was shot in Italy and Klagenfurt, Austria.`