Shot at Dawn (film)

Shot at Dawn
Directed byAndré Haguet
Written byAndré Haguet
André Legrand
Based onShot at Dawn by Maurice Dekobra
Produced byJean De Beaumont
Pierre Médioni
Renée Saint-Cyr
StarringRenée Saint-Cyr
Frank Villard
Nathalie Nattier
CinematographyCharles Bauer
Edited byGabriel Rongier
Music byMarceau Van Hoorebecke
Production
companies
Société Méditerranéenne de Production
Télouet Films
Distributed byLes Films Dispa
Release date
  • 9 September 1950 (1950-09-09)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Shot at Dawn (French: Fusillé à l'aube) is a 1950 French spy drama film directed by André Haguet and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Frank Villard and Nathalie Nattier.[1] It was based on the 1937 novel of the same title by Maurice Dekobra.[2] [3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Brizzio and Marcel Magniez.

Synopsis

During the First World War, after hearing of her husband's execution at the hands of his superior the Austrian colonel von Pennwitz, Florence enlists in the French secret service to gain revenge. However her attempt to hunt down those responsible for her husband's betrayal leads her to discover that he is in fact still alive. His supposed death was a ruse de guerre. It is only with the Armistice that the couple are happily reunited.

Cast

References

  1. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/5545/fusille-a-l-aube
  2. ^ Goble p.772
  3. ^ Rège p.601

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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