The 25th Hour (film)

The 25th Hour
(La Vingt-cinquième Heure)
Film poster by Howard Terpning
Directed byHenri Verneuil
Written byFrançois Boyeur
Wolf Mankowitz
Henri Verneuil
Produced byCarlo Ponti
StarringAnthony Quinn
Virna Lisi
CinematographyAndreas Winding
Music byGeorges Delerue
Maurice Jarre
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • 16 February 1967 (1967-02-16) (US)
  • 26 April 1967 (1967-04-26) (France)
Running time
196 minutes (Europe)
CountriesFrance
Italy
Yugoslavia
LanguagesFrench
English
Romanian

The 25th Hour (French: La Vingt-cinquième Heure) is a 1967 anti-war drama film directed by Henri Verneuil, produced by Carlo Ponti and starring Anthony Quinn and Virna Lisi. The film is based on the bestselling novel by C. Virgil Gheorghiu and follows the troubles experienced by a Romanian peasant couple caught up in World War II.