The 7th Dawn (1964)

Regisseur:

Lewis Gilbert

Drehbuchautoren:

Michael Keon (novel)
Karl Tunberg (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

23. Oktober 1964 (Bundesrepublik Deutschland)

Genre:

Abenteuer | Drama | Kriegsfilm

Werbezeile:

A STRANGE LAND SLEEPS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN - SO STILL...SO MYSTERIOUS...SO UNTOUCHED- UNTIL THE FIRST LIGHT OF DAWN AWAKENS THE PASSIONS OF MEN AND THE FURIES OF WAR!

Plot:

Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War. |

Plot Keywords:

Asia | British Colonial | Communist Infiltrator | Guerilla | Malaya

Filmpreise:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.

Nutzerkommentare:

great old film

Besetzung

William Holden	...	Major Ferris
Susannah York	...	Candace Trumpey
Capucine	...	Dhana Mercier
Tetsuro Tamba	...	Ng
Michael Goodliffe	...	Trumphey
Allan Cuthbertson	...	Cavendish
Sydney Tafler	...	Tom, Chief Petty Officer
Maurice Denham	...	Tarlton
Beulah Quo	...	Ah Ming

Alternativ:

The Seventh Dawn (USA) (alternative spelling)
Beim 7. Morgengrauen (Österreich) [de]
Beim siebten Morgengrauen (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

123 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-16 | West Germany:16

Drehorte:

Malaysia

Firma:

Holdean

Dies und das:

The British High Commissioner of Malaya in 1953 (when the film was set) was General (later Field Marshall) Sir Gerald Templer. The character of Trumphey more closely resembles the next British High Commissioner of Malaya Sir Donald Charles MacGillivray.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: At the start of the movie, during the Japanese surrender, Ferris tells Trumphey that the British are five years too late implying that the MPAJA insurgents have been fighting the Japanese alone for that time. Since the war in Asia started in December of 1941 and ended in 1945, Ferris' statement is off by one and a half years.

great old film

This film was made in Malaya in 1963. Because it was to show scenes of burning a malay kampong, the British government refused permission for their troops to take part. Australia was approached and agreed. Myself and about 80 other soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, the royal Australian regiment, who were based at terendak camp, malacca, malaya were selected. We got to meet bill holden and beautiful cupacine the french actress and many other people on the set (directer camera men and so on). it was all very exiting and over 40 years ago. I still have a number of black and white photos taken at various times. by the way when it was released it was called "the year of the dragon" evidently it was thought not a good title for America and changed to the "seventh dawn" when i attend battalion re-unions on the gold coast in queensland, those of us who were in the film still enjoy a good laugh about our parts, but then again the subject was very close to our hearts. it is the only fight against communist terrorist that was a full success, although Vietnam was, only for what the press did at tet.