5 June (German: Der 5. Juni) 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.
Constant changes to the film, often at the request of the German military, led to large cost overruns. 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.
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