Germany / Oct 14, 2011 / Frankfurt am Main
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
October 1941. Eighteen months into France’s occupation by German troops, young Communist members of the Resistance shoot dead an officer of the German Army. In retaliation, Hitler demands the deaths of 150 Frenchmen, as 'retribution'. The targets are to be mostly young men believed to share the assassins’ political convictions. Most of these men are taken from an internment camp for opponents of the occupation; a 35-year-old French rural administrator is ordered to select the victims. Although the parish priest appeals to their conscience and moral sensibilities, both the German military and their French helpers slavishly follow their orders.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Arielle Dombasle | Charmille |
| Philippe Résimont | Désiré Granet |
| Charlie Nelson | Victor Renelle |
| Martin Loizillon | Claude Lalet |
| Sébastien Accart | Sub-prefect Bernard Lecornu |
| Gilles Arbona | Dr. Maurice Ténine |
| Arnaud Simon | Marc Bourhis |
| Jean-Pierre Darroussin | Abbot Moyon |
| Luc Florian | Georges Chassagne |
| André Jung | General Otto von Stülpnagel |
| Konstantin Frolov | Lieutenant of the camp |
| Mario Irrek | Soldier Franz |
| Walter Shnorkell | Captain of the Choisel camp |
| Thomas Arnold | Ambassador Otto Abetz |
| Wigand Witting | Lieutenant Hotz |
| Finnegan Oldfield | Gilbert Brustlein |
| Tristan Robin | Marcel Bourdarias |
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| Christian Diaz | Jean Poulmarc'h |
| Thierry Levaret | Jules Auffret |
| Nicolas Haudelaine | Julien La Panse |
| Victoire du Bois | Odette Nilès |
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Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Mer à l'aube |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch, Français |
| Production countries | France, Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Provobis Film, Les Canards Sauvages, 7e Apache Film |
| Release date | 21 marzo 2012 |
| Production | Bruno Petit, Olivier Poubelle |
| Writer | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Editing | Susanne Hartmann |
| Cinematography | Lubomir Bakchev |
| Assistant directors | Valentin Rodriguez, Volker Schlöndorff |
| Camera operators | Lubomir Bakchev |
| Additional photography | Lubomir Bakchev |
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| Music | Bruno Coulais |
| Sound | Bruno Coulais |
Release dates
Premiere
Mexico / Oct 16, 2011 / Morelia Film Festival
Poland / Nov 27, 2011 / Plus Camerimage International Film Festival
France / Jan 26, 2012 / Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming
Theatrical release
France / Mar 21, 2012
Russia / Apr 10, 2013 / 16+
Brazil / Oct 25, 2013
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