The Dawn

The Dawn

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 17, 1986

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama

User Score

100%

Original Title

L'aube

Production Companies

Odessa Films, YNIL Film Productions, Swan productions

Director

Miklós Jancsó

Description

In a drama in which even Gad has a role as well as Michael York, it is certain that serious issues are at stake. Set during the time before the state of Israel was created and established, a British officer has been captured by a band of Jewish resistance fighters with the intent of killing him at dawn. One of the Jews was sentenced to die after being captured by the English, and this death will be in retaliation. The trouble is that a young and ambivalent fighter is left holding the officer captive with orders to shoot him at the pre-arranged time. It is a long night of soul-searching before the Jewish soldier comes up with a solution to his quandary.