Dawn

Dawn (1933)

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Released three days after Adolf Hitler became Reichskanzler, it was the first film to have its screening in Nazi Germany. It became a symbol of the new times touted by the Nazi regime. The title (literally "morning-red") is the German term for the reddish coloring of the east sky about a half hour before the sunrise. On patrol Captain Liers and his submarine crew sink an important British ship, but while returning to harbour, they're lured into a trap by a British vessel disguised as a neutral Danish one. They sink it after it attacks them without warning, but while they prepare to rescue survivors, a British destroyer sinks the sub. On the sea bed 60 feet down, with all but the bridge flooded, the 10 surviving crew have only 8 rescue devices. Liers orders the crew to use them, but they disobey - either all escape or nobody does.

Director: Gustav Ucicky
Writer: Gerhard Menzel

Casts

	Rudolf Forster as Kapitanleutnant Helmut Liers
	Fritz Genschow as Oberleutnant 'Phipps' Fredericks
	Paul Westermeier as Bordfunker Jaul
	Camilla Spira as Grete Jaul
	Gerhard Bienert as Steuermann Böhm
	Adele Sandrock as Mutter Liers
	Hans Leibelt as Bürgermeister von Meerskirchen
	Eduard von Winterstein as Hauptmann Kolch
	Franz Nicklisch as Petermann
	Friedrich Gnaß as Juraczik
	Else Knott as Helga
	Frank Perfitt as
	Gerhard Dammann as
	Käte Kühl as
	Walter Kuhle as
	Gerhard Menzel as
	Rudolf Platte as
	Hedwig Schlichter as
	Ludwig Stössel as
	Elsa Wagner as
	Gertrud Wolle as
	Paul Henreid as
	Oscar Aigner as

Crew