Movie: Promise at Dawn

Top 10 Billed Cast

Pierre Niney
Pierre Niney

Romain Gary

Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg

Nina Kacew

Didier Bourdon
Didier Bourdon

Alex Gubernatis

Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Zaremba

Finnegan Oldfield
Finnegan Oldfield

Captain Langer

Catherine McCormack
Catherine McCormack

Lesley Blanch

Pawel Puchalski
Pawel Puchalski

Romain (8-10 years old)

Némo Schiffman
Némo Schiffman

Romain (14-16 years old)

Lou Chauvain
Lou Chauvain

Mariette

Arieh Worthalter
Arieh Worthalter

Captain of Gache

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    From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.

  • Release Date

    2017-12-20

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    7.3

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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