The Five Days

The Five Days
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dario Argento
Produced by	Claudio Argento Salvatore Argento
Screenplay by	Dario Argento Nanni Balestrini
Story by	Dario Argento Luigi Cozzi Enzo Ungari
Starring	Adriano Celentano Enzo Cerusico Marilù Tolo
Music by	Giorgio Gaslini
Cinematography	Luigi Kuveiller
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Production company	Seda Spettacoli
Release date	20 December 1973
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Five Days (Italian: Le cinque giornate; also known as The Five Days of Milan) is a 1973 comedy-drama film directed by Dario Argento. It was shot in Rome and Milan.

The film is set in Milan in full swing during the anti-Austrian revolt of 1848. A petty criminal, Cainazzo (Adriano Celentano) and a baker, Romulus (Enzo Cerusico), are involuntarily involved in the movements of that period, the person finding the major contradictions of the time. Assist - in the midst of idealists and patriots - an exemplary gallery of characters: aristocrats, opportunistic, bloodthirsty adventurers, traitors. Reluctantly, the two villains are overwhelmed by events. But in the face of so much injustice and violence, Romulus responds, indicating instinctively what is the point of view of the people.

The Five Days was director Dario Argento's first box office failure in Italy. Audiences were displeased with his change of genre and the stylistic differences from his Animal Trilogy (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Cat o' Nine Tails and Four Flies on Grey Velvet). Soon after, he began work on his giallo masterpiece Deep Red.