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Promise at Dawn

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Promise at Dawn

An unforgettable Mercouri experience

5.3

1h 42m

1970

“An unforgettable Mercouri experience”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jules Dassin

Trailer

Drama

based on novel or book

Cast & Crew

Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri

as Nina Kacewa

Assi Dayan

Assi Dayan

as Romain Kacew age 25

Didier Haudepin

Didier Haudepin

as Romain Kacew age 15

François Raffoul

as Romain Kacew age 9

Despo Diamantidou

Despo Diamantidou

as Aniela

Jean Martin

Jean Martin

as Igor Igorevitch

Fernand Gravey

Fernand Gravey

as Jean-Michel Serusier

Jacqueline Porel

Jacqueline Porel

as Madame Mailer

Elspeth March

as Fat Woman

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