Decision Before Dawn1951
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
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Cast
as Lt. Rennick
as Happy
as Col. Devlin
as Hilde
as Monique
as Oberst Von Ecker
as SS Man Scholtz
as Tiger
as Fraulein Schneider
as Paul
as Sgt. Watkins
as Kurt
as Ernst
as Fritzi
as Fiedl
as Freddy
as Woman Driver
as Flak Girl
as Flak Girl
as Newspaper Woman
as Soldier
as Clerk
as Wehrmacht Bus Bit
as Woman
as Woman
as Woman
as Street Car Conductor
as Woman Attendant
as Lieutenant Gevers
as Lieutenant
as Lieutenant
as Paul
as Panzer NCO
as Whining Soldier
as Man
as Old PW
as NCOS
as NCOS
as NCOS
as NCOS
as NCOS
as POW
as POW
as POW
as POW
as Rathskeller Bit
as Rathskeller Bit
as Rathskeller Bit
as Rathskeller Bit
as Bar Maid
as Truck Driver `Leschke'
as von Bulow
as Wehrmacht Girl
as Wehrmacht Girl
as Wehrmacht Girl
as Wehrmacht Girl
as Wehrmacht Girl
as Wehrmacht Girl
as Wehrmacht Girl
as Office Reception Desk
as Hartmann
as Clerk in Schleissheim
as Deserter
as Sgt. Klinger
as V. Schirmeck
as Woman in the Street
as Street Car Conductor
Critic Reviews for Decision Before Dawn
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Werner, who served in the Axis forces during the war, gives a magnetic performance.
An outstanding production in all aspects.
It's most noted for being more sympathetic to peace loving German soldiers than are most American war films.
Litvak's intriguing account of U.S. Intelligence operation during the last year of WWII was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, boasting a good performance from the young Oskar Werner as a sensitive and naive German soldier-traitor.
The film manages to be suitably hard on the Nazi regime while providing one of the first sympathetic treatments of the German people.
Audience Reviews for Decision Before Dawn
I would thought that the appetite for these types of films would have waned once the war ended but here we have another mainly propaganda type film that is mildly entertaining if not deep. Perhaps this was to rally the troops to get ready for Korea.
Super Reviewer
WWII drama about a group of German P.O.W.'s who were persuaded to spy for the allied war effort. Part docu-drama, part Hollywood propaganda. Entertaining but less than substantial.
Super Reviewer
A World War 2 spy movie that was nominated for Best Picture and forgotten immediately thereafter, and for mostly good reasons. In the name of full disclosure I'll admit that I was mostly distracted by other things when I was watching this. Similar to Rio Grande, I found that this had a very long build up and by the time they got to their actual mission I had sort of lost interest and started screwing around on my laptop while watching it.
Super Reviewer
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