DAWN

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By Romed WYDER

Drama - Completed 2014

British-mandated Palestine, 1947. One of the Jewish resistance fighters has to shoot their British hostage.

- Year of production
- 2014
- Genres
- Drama, Historical, Jewish
- Countries
- SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY
- Languages
- HEBREW, ENGLISH, FRENCH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 95 mn
- Director(s)
- Romed WYDER
- Writer(s)
- Billy MCKINNON, Elie WIESEL
- Cast
- Joel BASMAN, Liron LEVO, Moris COHEN, Rami HEUBERGER, Sarah ALDER, Jason ISAACS
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-6D03-0000-7-0000-0000-G
- Producer(s)
- Samir (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG), Romed WYDER (Paradigma Films SA), Tunje BERNS (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG), Phil GATES (Delirious Productions), Alexander LOSKANT (Enigma Film)
- Synopsis
- Dawn is a psychological drama behind closed doors, in which four comrades in arms pressure the young Elisha to overcome his moral qualms and fully commit to the armed struggle.
  The story is set in Palestine in 1947, during the British mandate period. The Zionists are fighting for the establishment of a Jewish state. A member of the armed Jewish underground has been sentenced to death by the British authorities. In return, the resistance has kidnapped a British officer, trying to redeem their friend. The insurgents spend the night together, waiting for the outcome of the negotiation. If the British hang their friend at dawn, one of them will shoot the British officer held as a hostage.
  Based on the novel by Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, Dawn sheds a new light on a key moment in history that allows us to re-examine the current political disputes.