Decision Before Dawn

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World War II film espionage film film war film

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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subject surface form: Anatole Litvak