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Daybreak (1954 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Daybreak' is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Hans Stwe, Elisabeth Mller and Alexander Kerst.Silberman p. 131
The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Flekstad. Filming took place at the Bavaria Studios. It was also shot on location in Munich and Hamburg.
Synopsis
After eight years as a prisoner of war of the Soviets, a German pilot returns home and becomes involved in the scheme to revive German civil aviation with Lufthansa. His new life is threatened, however, when he is put on trial for the execution of a captured British RAF pilot during the war.
Cast
* Hans Stwe as Oberst Gaffron
* Elisabeth Mller as Inge Jensen
* Alexander Kerst as Jochen Freyberg
* Josef Sieber as Wilheilm Schramm
* Carsta Lck as Amalie Schramm
* Oliver Grimm as Pucky Schramm
* Walter Holten as Von Wakenitz
* Edward P. Merlotte as Colonel Thompson
* Renate Mannhardt as Anita Kyffland
* Gert Frbe in a bit part
* Paula Braend
* Viktor Afritsch
* Malte Jaeger
* Kurt Grokurth
* Wolfried Lier
* Rudolf Reiff
* John Van Dreelen
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