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Original title Decision Before Dawn
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1952-03-24

Cast

Richard Basehart
löjtnant Dick Rennick

Gary Merrill
överste Devlin

Oskar Werner
korpral Karl Mauer, kallad Happy

Hildegard Knef (as Hildegarde Neff)
Hilde

O.E. Hasse
överste von Ecker

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Distribution title
Working title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Dialogue
Orchestration

Cast

Richard Basehart löjtnant Dick Rennick
Gary Merrill överste Devlin
Oskar Werner korpral Karl Mauer, kallad Happy
Hildegard Knef (as Hildegarde Neff) Hilde
Dominique Blanchar Monique
O.E. Hasse överste von Ecker
Wilfried Seyferth (as Wilfried Seyfert) Heinz Scholtz, SS-man
Hans-Christian Blech sergeant Rudolf Barth, kallas Tiger
Helene Thimig Fräulein Paul Scheider
Robert Freitag (as Robert Freytag) sergeant Paul Richter
George Tyne sergeant Griffin
C.A. Amos (as C.A. Amos First Lt. USAF) som sig själv
Harold Benedict (as H.L. Benedict S/Sgt. USAF) som sig själv
H.W. Briggs (as H.W. Briggs Sgt. USA) som sig själv
D.G. Devinem (as D.G. Devine Cpl. USAF) som sig själv
L.E. Dixon (as L.E. Dixon Maj. USA) som sig själv
B.L. Hendrickson (as B.L. Hendrickson T/Sgt. USA) som sig själv
D. Kogel (as D. Kogel Pvt. USA) som sig själv
S.I. Rice (as S.I. Rice Pfc. USA) som sig själv
F. Slaman (as F. Slaman Pfc. USA) som sig själv
J.E. Stratton (as J.E. Stratton Sgt. USA) som sig själv
Kemp Batchelor Martin

Companies

Production Company Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Copyright Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1951
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Fox Film 1952

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 80203
Date 1952-02
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3195 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 119 min


Original work

Original title Call It Treason (Novel)
Author George Howe


Production location

Munich West Germany
Würzburg, Bayern West Germany
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bayern West Germany
Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg West Germany

Release dates

First showing 1951-12-21 New York City, New York USA 119 min
Release in Sweden 1952-03-24 Park Stockholm Sweden 117 min
Other showing 1952-11-14 West Germany

Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio



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