Daybreak (1954 film)

Daybreak
Directed by Viktor Tourjansky
Produced by Franz Seitz
Written by Hubert Miketta (novel)
Werner P. Zibaso
Starring Hans Stüwe
Elisabeth Müller
Alexander Kerst
Music by Lothar Brühne
Cinematography Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by Margot von Schlieffen
Production
company
Ariston Film
Distributed by Neue Filmverleih
Release date
2 September 1954
Running time
100 minutes
Country West Germany
Language German

Daybreak (German: Morgengrauen) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Hans Stüwe, Elisabeth Müller and Alexander Kerst.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Flekstad. Filming took place at the Bavaria Studios. It was also shot on location in Munich and Hamburg.

Synopsis

After eight years as a prisoner of war of the Soviets, a German pilot returns home and becomes involved in the scheme to revive German civil aviation with Lufthansa. His new life is threatened, however, when he is put on trial for the execution of a captured British RAF pilot during the war.

Cast

References

  1. Silberman p.131

Bibliography

  • Marc Silberman. German Cinema: Texts in Context. Wayne State University Press, 1995.
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