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Promise at Dawn(1970)
Status: Released
Date: 1970-11-25
53%
9 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
An unforgettable Mercouri experience
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America,
France
ProductionCompanies:
Nathalie Productions
Movie: Promise at Dawn
Top 10 Billed Cast
Μελίνα Μερκούρη
Nina Kacewa
Assi Dayan
Romain Kacew age 25
Didier Haudepin
Romain Kacew age 15
Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου
Aniela
Jean Martin
Igor Igorevitch
Fernand Gravey
Jean-Michel Serusier
Jacqueline Porel
Madame Mailer
Maria Machado
Nathalie Lissenko
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