Dawn (1985 film)

Dawn (French: L'Aube, Hungarian: A hajnal) is a 1985 French-Israeli drama film directed by Miklós Jancsó. It was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was a French-Israeli co-production, and the French Ministry of Culture co-financed the production.[1]

Dawn
Israeli Producer Doron Eran (right) with Hungarian Director Miklós Jancsó (middle), and French actor Philippe Léotard (left) on the set of the film "Dawn" (L'Aube) in Israel, 1985
Directed byMiklós Jancsó
Written byMiklós Jancsó
Elie Wiesel (novel Dawn)
Produced byYannick Bernard
StarringSerge Avedikian
CinematographyArmand Marco
Edited byJean Paul Vauban
Release date
  • February 1985 (1985-02)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesFrance
Hungary
LanguageFrench
Jancsó and Léotard during filming in Israel

Plot

Starring the British Michael York and Philip Lautard of France. "Dawn" takes place during the British Mandatory Palestine, in 1947. The story follows one night in the life of a young man, a Jewish Holocaust survivor named Elisha, who was guarding a British prisoner during that night, in order to execute him at dawn. This, in retaliation for the killing of members of the Jewish underground. The story is based on The Sergeants affair, the abduction of two British Sergeants by the Irgun and their hanging in a grove in Netanya.

Cast

See also

References
  1. "Berlinale: 1986 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 14 January 2011.


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