Decision Before Dawn

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Decision Before Dawn is a 1951 World War II espionage film directed by Anatole Litvak that follows German POWs recruited by U.S. intelligence to spy behind enemy lines.

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instanceOf World War II film
espionage film
film
war film
academyAwardsYear 24th Academy Awards
basedOn novel "Call It Treason"
basedOnAuthor George Howe
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Edward Cronjager
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Anatole Litvak
distributor 20th Century Fox
distributorRegion North America
editedBy Dorothy Spencer
filmingLocation France
Germany
United States of America
surface form: United States
genre drama film
espionage film
war film
hasCharacter Happy
Karl Maurer
Lt. Dick Rennick
language English
medium feature film
musicBy Werner R. Heymann
narrativeFocus German POWs working as Allied spies
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture
plotSummary German prisoners of war are recruited by U.S. intelligence to spy behind enemy lines.
portrays German resistance to Nazism
military intelligence operations
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
releaseDateUS 1951
releaseYear 1951
runtime approximately 119 minutes
screenplayBy Anatole Litvak
Jack Rollens
Peter Viertel
setInPeriod World War II
stars Gary Merrill
Hildegard Knef
Oskar Karlweis
Oskar Werner
Richard Basehart
Wilfried Seyferth
theme espionage behind enemy lines
loyalty and betrayal
moral ambiguity in wartime

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Anatole Litvak directed Decision Before Dawn
Litvak notableWork Decision Before Dawn
subject surface form: Anatole Litvak