Dawn

Directed by Gustav Ucicky
1933    85m
6.8
Released three days after Adolf Hitler became Reichskanzler, it was the first film to have its screening in Nazi Germany. It became a symbol of the new times touted by the Nazi regime. The title (literally "morning-red") is the German term for the reddish coloring of the east sky about a half hour before the sunrise. On patrol Captain Liers and his submarine crew sink an important British ship, but while returning to harbour, they're lured into a trap by a British vessel disguised as a neutral Danish one. They sink it after it attacks them without warning, but while they prepare to rescue survivors, a British destroyer sinks the sub. On the sea bed 60 feet down, with all but the bridge flooded, the 10 surviving crew have only 8 rescue devices. Liers orders the crew to use them, but they disobey - either all escape or nobody does.
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Cast of Dawn
  • Rudolf ForsterKapitanleutnant Helmut Liers
  • Fritz GenschowOberleutnant 'Phipps' Fredericks
  • Paul WestermeierBordfunker Jaul
  • Camilla SpiraGrete Jaul
  • Gerhard BienertSteuermann Böhm
  • Adele SandrockMutter Liers
  • Hans LeibeltBürgermeister von Meerskirchen
  • Eduard von WintersteinHauptmann Kolch
  • Franz NicklischPetermann
  • Friedrich GnaßJuraczik
  • Else KnottHelga
  • Frank Perfitt
  • Gerhard Dammann
  • Käte Kühl
  • Walter Kuhle
  • Gerhard Menzel
  • Rudolf Platte
  • Hedwig Schlichter
  • Ludwig Stössel
  • Elsa Wagner
  • Gertrud Wolle
  • Paul Henreid
  • Oscar Aigner

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