Decision Before Dawn details
| Format: | PG DVD |
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| Starring: | Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner, Hildegard Knef, Dominique Blanchar |
| Director: | Anatole Litvak |
| Genre: | Drama - Television |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Name | Discs | |
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Decision Before Dawn |
PG Feature |
DVD Information
| Rental release: | 31 Jan 2011 |
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| Main languages: | English |
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A good decision to watch this
By RJNeb2 (934 reviews) from London , 28 May 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
This went over very big with postwar audiences partly because of its unbridled sense of realism. Director Anatole Litvak shot it in the smouldering remains of a bombed out Germany, still recovering from the effects of Allied bombardment, and every inch of it looks authentic. It's a little disconcerting having real non-actor Germans playing Germans speaking English, but if anything this affords us the chance to appreciate all the more Oskar Werner's sterling work as the German POW parachuted back behind enemy lines to be a US spy.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(3)Good, different kind of war film
By a customer , 25 Apr 2013This WW2 film takes a different angle on the conflict and tells the story of a young German spying on his country. Good action sequences, tense moments, fine drama - all in all a worthy watch.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Decision before Yawn
By Oldbloke (313 reviews) from Sidmouth , 15 Mar 2013As the Allies advance into Germany, a unit specialises in recruiting captured and demoralised enemy soldiers to spy behind their own lines. Preachy and rather self-important, this is nevertheless a different kind of war movie and makes great use of real locations, but fails to answer the most important question of all. Why does young Oskar Werner agree to betray his own countrymen? As a result, it's a fine film that's difficult to get excited about.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A good decision to watch this
By RJNeb2 (934 reviews) from London , 28 May 2011This went over very big with postwar audiences partly because of its unbridled sense of realism. Director Anatole Litvak shot it in the smouldering remains of a bombed out Germany, still recovering from the effects of Allied bombardment, and every inch of it looks authentic. It's a little disconcerting having real non-actor Germans playing Germans speaking English, but if anything this affords us the chance to appreciate all the more Oskar Werner's sterling work as the German POW parachuted back behind enemy lines to be a US spy.- Was this review helpful to you?
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