Dawn

Overview

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.

Cast

Rudolf Forster

Kapitanleutnant Helmut Liers

Fritz Genschow

Oberleutnant 'Phipps' Fredericks

Paul Westermeier

Bordfunker Jaul

Camilla Spira

Grete Jaul

Gerhard Bienert

Steuermann Böhm

Adele Sandrock

Mutter Liers

Hans Leibelt

Bürgermeister von Meerskirchen

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Eduard von Winterstein

Hauptmann Kolch

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Franz Nicklisch

Petermann

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Friedrich Gnaß

Juraczik

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Else Knott

Helga

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Frank Perfitt