5 June () is a 1942 German war film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Carl Raddatz, Joachim Brennecke and Karl Ludwig Diehl. The film depicts the events of 1940 when German forces successfully invaded France. It was shot on location in France and Germany. The film was made at the Babelsberg Studio in Berlin, and around Brittany, Mulhouse and Brandenburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Kettelhut, Herbert Nitzschke and Wilhelm Vorwerg.https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-5-juni_811700ff814147bf9c70eba81cf1d004
Constant changes to the film, often at the request of the German military, led to large cost overruns.Kreimeier p. 347 In November 1942, the film was banned by the Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels for unspecified reasons. It has been speculated that Goebbels thought the film was not entertaining enough or wished to avoid offending the Vichy government of France.Eltin p. 177
Main cast Carl Raddatz as Feldwebel Richard Schulz Joachim Brennecke as Gefreiter Eickhoff Karl Ludwig Diehl as Generalmajor Lüchten Gisela Uhlen as Luise Reiniger Paul Günther as Hamann Ernst von Klipstein as Oberleutnant Lebsten Gerhard Geisler as Stabsfeldwebel Eickhoff Hans Richter as Norbert Nauke Josef Kamper as Klawitter Werner Völger as Retzlaff
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