Decision Before Dawn (1951) | |
| Director(s) | Anatole Litvak |
| Producer(s) | Anatole Litvak, Frank McCarthy |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, War |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Spies, World War II |
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Decision Before Dawn (1951) was a War - Drama Film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy.
Academy Awards 1951 --- Ceremony Number 24 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Film Editing | Dorothy Spencer | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy, Producers | Nominated |
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Decision Before Dawn (1951)
By Beatrice on Aug 17, 2015 From Flickers in TimeDecision Before Dawn Directed by Anatole Litvak Written by Peter Viertel from the novel “Call It Treason” by George Howe 1951/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Bavaria Fild First viewing/Amazon Instant This “now-it-can-be-told” WWII war movie is a bit heavy on the... Read full article
Decision Before Dawn
By Alyson on Jul 27, 2010 From The Best Picture ProjectJust six years after WWII, Decision Before Dawn brings a somewhat sympathetic look at Nazi Germany. ?Director Anatole Litvak, who?s work we?ve seen earlier in The Snake Pit, seems more than capable of a war film after directing several war documentaries in the forties. ?He filmed in Germany, using t... Read full article
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Many felt that the reason why Decision Before Dawn picked up a surprise Best Film nomination at the Academy Awards was because its producer Darryl F. Zanuck had pushed it with an expensive 12 page glossy insert in all the trade magazines.
December 8th, 1944: the date on which Karl Maurer (Werner) is captured in the film, was in real life the actual date on which Oskar Werner deserted from the Wehrmacht.
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