Decision Before Dawn (1951)
- Directed by
- Anatole Litvak
- Genre
- war film, spy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 50 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Near the end of World War II, the U.S. Army recruits German prisoners of war to spy behind enemy lines. The film follows one such prisoner as he risks his life to gather intelligence for the Americans.
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What happens
Decision Before Dawn is a 1951 American war film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Richard Basehart, Oskar Werner and Hans Christian Blech. It tells the story of the U.S. Army using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to gather intelligence as clandestine "line-crossers" in the closing days of World War II. The film was adapted by Peter Viertel and Jack Rollens (uncredited) from the novel Call It Treason by George L. Howe. Decision Before Dawn was a critical success and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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