- Hold Back the Dawn
Infobox Film
name = Hold Back the Dawn
image_size= 125px
caption= DVD cover
director =Mitchell Leisen
producer =Arthur Hornblow Jr.
writer =Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
starring =Charles Boyer Olivia de Havilland Paulette Goddard
music =Victor Young
cinematography =Leo Tover
distributor =Paramount Pictures
released =26 September 1941
runtime = 116 min.
imdb_id = 0033722|"Hold Back the Dawn" is a
1941 romantic film in which aRomania ngigolo marries an American woman inMexico in order to gain entry to the United States, but winds up falling in love with her. It starsCharles Boyer ,Olivia de Havilland ,Paulette Goddard ,Victor Francen ,Walter Abel ,Curt Bois andRosemary DeCamp .The movie was adapted by
Charles Brackett andBilly Wilder from the book byKetti Frings . It was directed byMitchell Leisen .It was nominated for
Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Olivia de Havilland), Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay.Cast
*Charles Boyer as Georges Iscovescu
*Olivia de Havilland as Emmy Brown
*Paulette Goddard as Anita Dixon
*Victor Francen as Van Den Luecken
*Walter Abel as Inspector Hammock
*Curt Bois as Bonbois
*Rosemary DeCamp as Berta Kurz
*Eric Feldary as Josef Kurz
*Nestor Paiva as Fred Flores
*Eva Puig as Lupita
*Micheline Cheirel as Christine
*Madeleine LeBeau as Anni
*Billy Lee as Tony
*Mikhail Rasumny as Mechanic
*Charles Arnt as Mr. John MacAdams
*Arthur Loft as Mr. Elvestad
*Mitchell Leisen as Mr. Dwight SaxonExternal links
*imdb title | id=0033722 | title=Hold Back the Dawn
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