Genres
Duration
119 min
Director
Anatole Litvak
Rating
6.7
Release Date
December 21, 1951
Decision Before Dawn
Original title: Decision Before Dawn
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WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.
Decision Before Dawn cast
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Richard Basehart
Character:
Lt. Dick Rennick
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Gary Merrill
Character:
Col. Devlin
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Oskar Werner
Character:
Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy
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Hildegard Knef
Character:
Hilde
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Dominique Blanchar
Character:
Monique
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O.E. Hasse
Character:
Col. Oberst von Ecker
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Wilfried Seyferth
Character:
Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann
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Hans Christian Blech
Character:
Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger
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Helene Thimig
Character:
Fräulein Schneide
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George Tyne
Character:
Sgt. Griffin
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Robert Freitag
Character:
Sgt. Paul Richter
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Harold Benedict
Character:
Lt. Pete Gevers
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Arno Assmann
Character:
Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)
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Heinrich Berg
Character:
(uncredited)
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Bert Brandt
Character:
German NCO (uncredited)
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Jochen Diestelmann
Character:
(uncredited)
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Ulrich Folkmar
Character:
Prisoner (uncredited)
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Otto Friebel
Character:
Clerk (uncredited)
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Gert Fröbe
Character:
German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)
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Werner Fuetterer
Character:
von Bülow (uncredited)
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Elfe Gerhart
Character:
Barmaid (uncredited)
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Loni Heuser
Character:
Fritzi Kollwitz (uncredited)
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Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe
Character:
German NCO (uncredited)
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Charles Jacquemar
Character:
Volkssturmmann (uncredited)
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Walter Janssen
Character:
Fiedl (uncredited)
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Erik Jelde
Character:
German NCO (uncredited)
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Klaus Kinski
Character:
Whining Soldier (uncredited)
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Gerhard Kittler
Character:
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
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Til Kiwe
Character:
Adjutant (uncredited)
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Klaus W. Krause
Character:
German NCO (uncredited)
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Walter Ladengast
Character:
German Deserter (uncredited)
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Maria Landrock
Character:
Wehrmacht Girl (uncredited)
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Herbert Lehnert
Character:
(uncredited)
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Adi Lödel
Character:
Kurt (uncredited)
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Peter Lühr
Character:
von Schirmeck (uncredited)
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Emil Matousek
Character:
(uncredited)
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Wolf Petersen
Character:
(uncredited)
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Charles Regnier
Character:
German Prisoner (uncredited)
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Arnulf Schröder
Character:
Old Prisoner of War (uncredited)
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Paul Schwed
Character:
Man on Wehrmacht Bus (uncredited)
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Kai-Siegfried Seefeld
Character:
(uncredited)
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Uli Steigberg
Character:
(uncredited)
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Peter Martin Urtel
Character:
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Rudolf Vogel
Character:
Volkssturmmann (uncredited)
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Hans von Morhart
Character:
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
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Jaspar von Oertzen
Character:
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
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Maria Wimmer
Character:
Woman in the Street (uncredited)
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Harald Wolff
Character:
Hartmann (uncredited)
