Five Days One Summer

Five Days One Summer
Five Days One Summer
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fred Zinnemann
Written by	Michael Austin
Based on	Maiden, Maiden; 1929 story in Fifty Stories; by Kay Boyle
Produced by	Fred Zinnemann
Starring	Sean Connery; Betsy Brantley; Lambert Wilson; Gérard Buhr; Isabel Dean; Jennifer Hilary; Anna Massey; Sheila Reid;
Cinematography	Giuseppe Rotunno
Edited by	Stuart Baird
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Production; company	The Ladd Company
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	November 12, 1982;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$17 million

Five Days One Summer is a 1982 American romantic drama film directed and produced by Fred Zinnemann from a screenplay by Michael Austin, based on the 1929 short story Maiden, Maiden by Kay Boyle.^[2] Set primarily in the Alps, the story focuses on Douglas Meredith (Sean Connery) and his lover Kate (Betsy Brantley) as they embark on a mountain climbing trip, which unravels their relationship due to Kate's feelings for their mountain guide (Lambert Wilson) as well as a dark secret that looms over the couple.

Five Days One Summer was Zinnermann's final film before his death. The film was a commercial and critical failure.

^ "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
^ Maslin, Janet (November 7, 1982). "ZINNEMAN OFFERS 5 DAYS ONE SUMMER". The New York Times. Retrieved October 26, 2020.

[1] "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved November 16, 2021.

[2] Maslin, Janet (November 7, 1982). "ZINNEMAN OFFERS 5 DAYS ONE SUMMER". The New York Times. Retrieved October 26, 2020.

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