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Dawn

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.

1933 |1h 25m |  War, Drama

Cast

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Rudolf Forster

Kapitanleutnant Helmut Liers

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Fritz Genschow

Oberleutnant 'Phipps' Fredericks

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Paul Westermeier

Bordfunker Jaul

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Camilla Spira

Grete Jaul

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Gerhard Bienert

Steuermann Böhm

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Adele Sandrock

Mutter Liers

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Hans Leibelt

Bürgermeister von Meerskirchen

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Eduard von Winterstein

Hauptmann Kolch

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Gerhard Dammann

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Rudolf Platte

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Hedwig Schlichter

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Ludwig Stössel

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Elsa Wagner

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Gertrud Wolle

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Paul Henreid

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Status

Released

Language

English, German

Budget

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