The Fifth Ambush

The Fifth Ambush

92 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 25, 1968

A partisan battalion falls into enemy trap more than once, which makes them suspect it's about treason. Their commissar and commander move the unit in a remote settlement in order to discover the enemy agent. This draws a lot of suspicion and distrust within the unit, and finally it was the head of the battalion who was charged as guilty, and executed. However, was he the real intruder? The commissar and the commander take the battalion to a new battle without definitive knowledge of the whole present situation.

The Fifth Ambush

92 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 25, 1968

The Fifth Ambush
A partisan battalion falls into enemy trap more than once, which makes them suspect it's about treason. Their commissar and commander move the unit in a remote settlement in order to discover the enemy agent. This draws a lot of suspicion and distrust within the unit, and finally it was the head of the battalion who was charged as guilty, and executed. However, was he the real intruder? The commissar and the commander take the battalion to a new battle without definitive knowledge of the whole present situation.
Producers Viba Film
Original title Peta zaseda
Directors France Kosmač
Writers France Kosmač, Vitomil Zupan, Vladimir Koch

Cast

Tone Gogala

as Komandant Hari

Boris Cavazza

as Komisar Ilija

Marijana Brecelj

as Bolničarka Mija

Dare Valič

as Načelnik štaba Bregar

Janez Vajevec

as Komandir štabne patrulje Tarzan

Iztok Jereb

as Borec Giovanni

Nađa Vidmar

as Administratorka Tatjana

Branko Ivanc

as Ekonom Nace

Arnold Tovornik

as Kuhar Jazbec

Niko Goršič

as Kurir Malcek

Demeter Bitenc

as Major Viktor