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Promise at Dawn (French: La Promesse de l'aube) is a 1970 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Melina Mercouri, Dassin's wife. It is based on the 1960 novel Promise at Dawn (French: La Promesse de l'aube) by Romain Gary and the subsequent play by Samuel A. Taylor.
Nov 25, 1970 · Promise at Dawn: Directed by Jules Dassin. With Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan, Didier Haudepin, François Raffoul. A Soviet silent-film actress (Melina Mercouri) raises her illegitimate son, who becomes the writer Romain Gary (Assaf Dayan).
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- Biography, Drama
- Jules Dassin
- 1970-11-25
Sep 9, 2023 · Promise at Dawn (1970) | Review by Pauline Kael. Promise at Dawn starts from a clever commercial premise: to use Romain Gary’s autobiographical memoir for an anti-Freudian movie — a hero celebrating the memory of his wild, wonderful Jewish mother. How Boys Grow Up.
Film Details. Based on the play First Love by Samuel Taylor (New York opening: 25 Dec 1961) and the novel La promesse de l'aube by Romain Gary (Paris, 1960).
- Jules Dassin, Jean-Michel Lacor
- Melina Mercouri
Promise at Dawn is a 1970 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Melina Mercouri, Dassin's wife. It is based on the 1960 novel Promise at Dawn by Romain Gary and the subsequent play by Samuel A. Taylor.
Promise at Dawn (1970) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Directed by Jules Dassin. An unforgettable Mercouri experience. A single mother raises her son in impossible circumstances first in Leningrad, then Krakow, and then France, and is over-ambitious about him but never gives in. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
