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A Shot at Dawn (1932)

A Shot at Dawn poster
Original title
Schuß im Morgengrauen
Directed by
Alfred Zeisler
Genre
crime film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 13m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A jewel theft that goes wrong and the cover-up that follows. The story follows the people involved in the crime and its aftermath.

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What happens

A Shot at Dawn (German: Schuß im Morgengrauen) is a 1932 German crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Ery Bos, Genia Nikolaieva and Karl Ludwig Diehl. It was based on the play The Woman and the Emerald by Harry Jenkins and recounts a jewel theft. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam with sets designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Herbert O. Phillips. A separate French-language version Coup de feu à l'aube was also produced. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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