Decision Before Dawn Cast and Crew

Decision Before Dawn

Plot: WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information

Release Date: Friday, December 21 1951
73 years ago

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Cast

Richard Basehart. Richard Basehart was 37 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Lt. Dick Rennick'.

Birthday: Thu, Aug 13 1914 –
Died: Mon, Sep 17 1984

Gary Merrill. Gary Merrill was 36 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Col. Devlin'.

Birthday: Mon, Aug 02 1915 –
Died: Mon, Mar 05 1990

Oskar Werner. Oskar Werner was 29 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 13 1922 –
Died: Tue, Oct 23 1984

Hildegard Knef. Hildegard Knef was 25 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Hilde'.

Birthday: Mon, Dec 28 1925 –
Died: Fri, Feb 01 2002

Dominique Blanchar. Dominique Blanchar was 24 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Monique'.

Birthday: Thu, Jun 02 1927 –
Died: Mon, Nov 19 2018

O.E. Hasse. O.E. Hasse was 48 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Col. Oberst von Ecker'.

Birthday: Sat, Jul 11 1903 –
Died: Mon, Sep 11 1978

Wilfried Seyferth. Wilfried Seyferth was 43 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann'.

Birthday: Tue, Apr 21 1908 –
Died: Sat, Oct 09 1954

Hans Christian Blech. Hans Christian Blech was 36 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger'.

Birthday: Sat, Feb 20 1915 –
Died: Fri, Mar 05 1993

Helene Thimig. Helene Thimig was 53 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Fräulein Schneide'.

Birthday: Fri, Jun 03 1898 –
Died: Thu, Nov 07 1974

George Tyne. George Tyne was 34 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Sgt. Griffin'.

Birthday: Tue, Feb 06 1917 –
Died: Fri, Mar 07 2008

Robert Freitag. Robert Freitag was 35 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Sgt. Paul Richter'.

Birthday: Fri, Apr 07 1916 –
Died: Thu, Jul 08 2010

Harold Benedict. Harold Benedict was >> in Decision Before Dawn as 'Lt. Pete Gevers'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Arno Assmann. Arno Assmann was 43 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jul 30 1908 –
Died: Fri, Nov 30 1979

Heinrich Berg. Heinrich Berg was >> in Decision Before Dawn as '(uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Bert Brandt. Bert Brandt was >> in Decision Before Dawn as 'German NCO (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Jochen Diestelmann. Jochen Diestelmann was 29 in Decision Before Dawn as '(uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sat, Jun 03 1922 –
Died: Thu, Jan 20 1983

Ulrich Folkmar. Ulrich Folkmar was >> in Decision Before Dawn as 'Prisoner (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Otto Friebel. Otto Friebel was 31 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Clerk (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sun, Dec 12 1920 –
Died: Wed, Jan 01 1992

Gert Fröbe. Gert Fröbe was 38 in Decision Before Dawn as 'German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Tue, Feb 25 1913 –
Died: Mon, Sep 05 1988

Werner Fuetterer. Werner Fuetterer was 44 in Decision Before Dawn as 'von Bülow (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jan 10 1907 –
Died: Thu, Feb 07 1991

Elfe Gerhart. Elfe Gerhart was 32 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Barmaid (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jul 10 1919 –
Died: Fri, Nov 09 2007

Loni Heuser. Loni Heuser was 43 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Fritzi Kollwitz (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Wed, Jan 22 1908 –
Died: Sat, Mar 06 1999

Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe. Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe was >> in Decision Before Dawn as 'German NCO (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Charles Jacquemar. Charles Jacquemar was >> in Decision Before Dawn as 'Volkssturmmann (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Walter Janssen. Walter Janssen was 64 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Fiedl (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Mon, Feb 07 1887 –
Died: Thu, Jan 01 1976

Erik Jelde. Erik Jelde was 57 in Decision Before Dawn as 'German NCO (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Tue, May 01 1894 –
Died: Fri, Jan 01 1982

Klaus Kinski. Klaus Kinski was 25 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Whining Soldier (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Mon, Oct 18 1926 –
Died: Sat, Nov 23 1991

Gerhard Kittler. Gerhard Kittler was >> in Decision Before Dawn as 'German Lieutenant (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Til Kiwe. Til Kiwe was 41 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Adjutant (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Tue, Jun 07 1910 –
Died: Thu, Nov 30 1995

Klaus W. Krause. Klaus W. Krause was 48 in Decision Before Dawn as 'German NCO (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sat, May 02 1903 –
Died: Thu, Jan 01 1981

Walter Ladengast. Walter Ladengast was 52 in Decision Before Dawn as 'German Deserter (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Tue, Jul 04 1899 –
Died: Thu, Jul 03 1980

Maria Landrock. Maria Landrock was 28 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Wehrmacht Girl (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jul 05 1923 –
Died: Wed, Jan 01 1992

Herbert Lehnert. Herbert Lehnert was >> in Decision Before Dawn as '(uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Adi Lödel. Adi Lödel was 14 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Kurt (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Tue, Dec 14 1937 –
Died: Sat, Jan 01 1955

Peter Lühr. Peter Lühr was 45 in Decision Before Dawn as 'von Schirmeck (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Thu, May 03 1906 –
Died: Tue, Mar 15 1988

Emil Matousek. Emil Matousek was >> in Decision Before Dawn as '(uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Wolf Petersen. Wolf Petersen was 29 in Decision Before Dawn as '(uncredited)'.

Birthday: Tue, Apr 04 1922 –
Died: Tue, Jan 01 1980

Charles Regnier. Charles Regnier was 37 in Decision Before Dawn as 'German Prisoner (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Wed, Jul 22 1914 –
Died: Thu, Sep 13 2001

Arnulf Schröder. Arnulf Schröder was 48 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Old Prisoner of War (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sat, Jun 13 1903 –
Died: Thu, Dec 22 1960

Paul Schwed. Paul Schwed was 51 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Man on Wehrmacht Bus (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Fri, Nov 30 1900 –
Died: Mon, Aug 20 1956

Kai-Siegfried Seefeld. Kai-Siegfried Seefeld was >> in Decision Before Dawn as '(uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Uli Steigberg. Uli Steigberg was 28 in Decision Before Dawn as '(uncredited)'.

Birthday: Thu, Feb 08 1923 –
Died: Tue, Sep 01 1987

Peter Martin Urtel. Peter Martin Urtel was 37 in Decision Before Dawn as 'German Soldier (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Tue, Aug 25 1914 –
Died: Mon, Jan 16 1989

Rudolf Vogel. Rudolf Vogel was 51 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Volkssturmmann (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sat, Nov 10 1900 –
Died: Wed, Aug 09 1967

Hans von Morhart. Hans von Morhart was 55 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Prisoner of War (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Wed, Jan 01 1896 –
Died: Mon, Jan 01 1973

Jaspar von Oertzen. Jaspar von Oertzen was 39 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Prisoner of War (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Tue, Jan 02 1912 –
Died: Tue, Apr 22 2008

Maria Wimmer. Maria Wimmer was 40 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Woman in the Street (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Fri, Jan 27 1911 –
Died: Thu, Jan 04 1996

Harald Wolff. Harald Wolff was 42 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Hartmann (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 11 1909 –
Died: Wed, Jun 01 1977

Crew

Anatole Litvak. Anatole Litvak was 49 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Director, Producer'

Birthday: Sat, May 10 1902 –
Died: Sun, Dec 15 1974

Franz Planer. Franz Planer was 57 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Director of Photography'

Birthday: Thu, Mar 29 1894 –
Died: Thu, Jan 10 1963

Peter Viertel. Peter Viertel was 31 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Screenplay'

Birthday: Tue, Nov 16 1920 –
Died: Sun, Nov 04 2007

Frank McCarthy. Frank McCarthy was >> in Decision Before Dawn as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Dorothy Spencer. Dorothy Spencer was 42 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Editor'

Birthday: Wed, Feb 03 1909 –
Died: Thu, May 23 2002

Franz Waxman. Franz Waxman was 44 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Original Music Composer'

Birthday: Mon, Dec 24 1906 –
Died: Fri, Feb 24 1967

Gerd Oswald. Gerd Oswald was 32 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Second Unit'

Birthday: Mon, Jun 09 1919 –
Died: Mon, May 22 1989

Harry M. Leonard. Harry M. Leonard was 51 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Sound'

Birthday: Fri, Jun 22 1900 –
Died: Tue, Dec 17 1985

Leonid Raab. Leonid Raab was 51 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Conductor'

Birthday: Tue, Apr 17 1900 –
Died: Mon, Sep 16 1968

Alfred Bruzlin. Alfred Bruzlin was 52 in Decision Before Dawn as 'Sound'

Birthday: Mon, Jul 24 1899 –
Died: Fri, Jul 03 1970

Ludwig Reiber. Ludwig Reiber was >> in Decision Before Dawn as 'Art Direction'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

George Howe. George Howe was >> in Decision Before Dawn as 'Novel'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday