Five Days One Summer (1982)
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Fred Zinnemann's final film is a meditative examination of an illicit May-December romance, set in the mountain expanse of the Swiss Alps. Sean Connery plays Douglas, a middle-aged Scottish doctor on vacation in the Alps in 1932 with a beautiful and fresh-faced young woman, Kate (Betsy… More Fred Zinnemann's final film is a meditative examination of an illicit May-December romance, set in the mountain expanse of the Swiss Alps. Sean Connery plays Douglas, a middle-aged Scottish doctor on vacation in the Alps in 1932 with a beautiful and fresh-faced young woman, Kate (Betsy Brantley), whom he introduces as his wife. Douglas has taken Kate to the Alps to introduce her to the invigorating sport of mountain climbing. When Douglas and Kate arrive at the mountain lodge, their happiness is tempered by a knowing melancholy. Through flashbacks, it is revealed that Kate has been madly in love with Douglas since she was a little girl and that she seduced him away from another woman. The flashbacks also reveal that Kate is not his wife, but his niece. But then, in their mountain retreat, young and handsome guide Johann (Lambert Wilson) makes an entrance. Johann immediately develops an attraction for Kate. Now Kate has to worry if the feeling is mutual. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Fred Zinnemann
- Written By
- Michael Austin, Kay Boyle
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
PG,
- In Theaters
- May 6, 1983 Wide
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
An attempt at an intimate personal drama that just doesn't come off.
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, Time Out
A film which creates drama more out of gesture and nuance than dialogue, and employs a lush setting which overwhelms instead of pointing up the characters' emotions.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
This isn't a movie anyone would mind, but it isn't one anyone would feel terribly touched by, either.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Too bad that the Oscar-winning Fred Zinnemann (From Here to Eternity) ended his career with such a disappointing period romance, one that even Sean Connery (in his post-Bond era) can't help.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Fred Zinnemann waited 40 years to make this surprisingly lifeless film, a major disappointment from the acclaimed director.
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Cast
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Sean Connery
as Douglas
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Betsy Brantley
as Kate
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Lambert Wilson
as Johann
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Jennifer Hilary
as Sarah
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Isabel Dean
as Kate's Mother
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Gerard Buhr
as Brendel
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Anna Massey
as Jennifer Pierce
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Sheila Reid
as Gillian Pierce
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Georges Claisse
as Dieter
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Robert Dietl
as Station Master
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Marc Duret
as French Student
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Benoît Ferreux
as French Student
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Terry Kingley
as Georg
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Kathy Marothy
as Dieter's Wife
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Alfred Schmidhauser
as Martin
- Margot Capelier
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Frank Duncan
as First Hut Guardian
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Alexander John
as Maclean
- Mary Selway
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François Caron
as French Student
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Günter Clemens
as Guide
