Dawn

Directed by Gustav Ucicky
1933    85mWar, Drama
6.7
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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