Shot at Dawn | |
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Directed by | André Haguet |
Written by | André Haguet André Legrand |
Based on | Shot at Dawn by Maurice Dekobra |
Produced by |
Jean De Beaumont Pierre Médioni Renée Saint-Cyr |
Starring |
Renée Saint-Cyr Frank Villard Nathalie Nattier |
Cinematography | Charles Bauer |
Edited by | Gabriel Rongier |
Music by | Marceau Van Hoorebecke |
Production companies | Société Méditerranéenne de Production Télouet Films |
Distributed by | Les Films Dispa |
Release date | 9 September 1950 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
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.
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.
Shot at Dawn | |
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Directed by | André Haguet |
Written by | André Haguet André Legrand |
Based on | Shot at Dawn by Maurice Dekobra |
Produced by |
Jean De Beaumont Pierre Médioni Renée Saint-Cyr |
Starring |
Renée Saint-Cyr Frank Villard Nathalie Nattier |
Cinematography | Charles Bauer |
Edited by | Gabriel Rongier |
Music by | Marceau Van Hoorebecke |
Production companies | Société Méditerranéenne de Production Télouet Films |
Distributed by | Les Films Dispa |
Release date | 9 September 1950 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
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.
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.