The Day Will Dawn

1942
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1h 38m

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Deborah Kerr, Griffith Jones, Ralph Richardson, and Hugh Williams in The Day Will Dawn (1942)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA British journalist working in Norway during WWII finds himself hunted by the Germans when he's tasked with a secret combat mission, while the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helps the ... Tout lireA British journalist working in Norway during WWII finds himself hunted by the Germans when he's tasked with a secret combat mission, while the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helps the Brits combat the Nazi menace.A British journalist working in Norway during WWII finds himself hunted by the Germans when he's tasked with a secret combat mission, while the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helps the Brits combat the Nazi menace.

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The shot of the wooden building being blown up towards the end was from one of the British Commando raids on the Norwegian coast. These were usually to attack things like fish-oil processing plants. Various other extracts from newsreels or other reality footage were inserted into this film at various points.

Gaffes
Metcalf takes off in a Wellington aircraft and parachutes from a Whitley.

Citations
Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub: This is the man in the street, Frank, the average man. And he's asking you a question the average man in the street wants answering. World war over Danzig?
"Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub: That's right. As you say, Danzig's only a small place.
Frank Lockwood: So was Thermopylae. And Verdun. And Madrid. All very small places. Big enough to bury the people that hadn't the guts to fight for them. Did you ever hear Hitler laugh?
[Man shakes head]
Frank Lockwood: I did. I was in Vienna when he entered the city in triumph. "Providence has sent me here to save you," he bellowed to the mob of his followers. "And Heaven help all those that have been against me." And then he laughed. It's a kind of mad laugh. And they all laughed too, in the same way. They were baying for blood. Hitler was giving it to them. We're in this for our own sweet selves. If we want to save our skins we've got to fight.

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Postscript on screen: "In a dozen famous ancient states, now prostrate under the Nazi yoke, the masses of the people, all classes and creeds, await the hour of liberation, when they, too, will be able once again to play their part and strike their blows like men. That hour will strike, and its solemn peal will proclaim that the night is past and that the dawn has come."

The PRIME MINISTER In the SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 26 · 12 · 1941

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(uncredited)
Lyrics by James Thomson
Music by Thomas Augustine Arne
Sung in bar in Norway

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Solid piece of wartime entertainment

Horse race tipster and journalist Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Norway his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they disbelief him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.

1940's British cinema is understandably packed with wartime propaganda pieces. This film doesn't stand out from the pack but it is still worth a watch. The basic plot is interesting and provides tense drama towards the end, even if it gets all confused at times in the middle and some of it didn't quite hang together for me. The action is a little stilted at times and the film never misses a chance to show how very selfish and foolish the German officers are. This is a little heavy handed but what did you expect from a propaganda film? However it is badly done at times and seems heavy handed.

The cast are mainly good. Williams is typical of the stiff upper lip English heroes of this type of film. Again it seems a little stiff but it's the usual sort of English gentleman that we wanted to see at the time especially when compared to the slimly cowardly Germans shown here. The support cast are OK despite the very, very iffy Norwegian accents, but this doesn't matter too much.

Overall this film is typical British wartime propaganda. The Brits save the day, the Germans are cowardly, sacrifice is made but the greater good is served. As a Brit this is a solid bit of entertainment for a rainy Saturday afternoon, but probably not much more capable than that.