The Great Dawn
French poster
Directed by	Giuseppe Maria Scotese
Written by	Oreste Biancoli Massimo Ferrara Edoardo Micucci Giovanni Soria Cesare Zavattini Giuseppe Maria Scotese
Produced by	Nando Pisani
Starring	Renée Faure Rossano Brazzi Giovanni Grasso Yvonne Sanson
Cinematography	Otello Martelli
Edited by	Mireille Bessette Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Edoardo Micucci
Production company	Scalera Film
Distributed by	Scalera Film DisCina (France)
Release date	21 March 1947 (1947-03-21)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Great Dawn (Italian: La grande aurora) is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese and starring Renée Faure, Rossano Brazzi and Giovanni Grasso. The Greek actress and future star Yvonne Sanson made an early appearance in the film.^[1]

It was produced by Scalera Film and began production at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in Venice during the wartime Italian Social Republic. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vittorio Valentini. Significant delays followed until its completion and release in postwar Italy.

A gifted young musical prodigy is encouraged to pursue his talents.

• Renée Faure as Anna Gamba
• Rossano Brazzi as Renzo Gamba
• Giovanni Grasso as Oreste Bellotti
• Michele Riccardini as Don Terenzio
• Yvonne Sanson as Daisy
• Fausto Guerzoni as Fausto
• Loris Gizzi as Cooky
• Guglielmo Sinaz as Salesman
• Dante Maggio
• Pierino Gamba as Pierino, direttore d'orchestre

• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• The Great Dawn at IMDb

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