Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
- Directed by
- Mitchell Leisen
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 51 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Romanian gigolo marries an American woman in Mexico so he can enter the United States. He then falls in love with her.
romanticbittersweetclassicslow-burntendermelancholichopefulcharming
What happens
Hold Back the Dawn is a 1941 American romantic drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen, in which a Romanian gigolo marries an American woman in Mexico in order to gain entry to the United States, but winds up falling in love with her. It stars Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Curt Bois, Rosemary DeCamp, and an uncredited Veronica Lake. The movie was adapted by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder from the 1940 novel by Ketti Frings. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Olivia de Havilland), Best Writing, Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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