A Shot at Dawn

A Shot at Dawn
Directed by	Alfred Zeisler
Written by	Rudolph Cartier Egon Eis Otto Eis
Based on	The Woman and the Emerald by Harry Jenkins
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Ery Bos Genia Nikolaieva Karl Ludwig Diehl Theodor Loos
Cinematography	Werner Bohne Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Erno Hajos
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	18 June 1932 (1932-06-18)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

A Shot at Dawn (German: Schuß im Morgengrauen) is a 1932 German crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Ery Bos, Genia Nikolaieva and Karl Ludwig Diehl. It was based on the play The Woman and the Emerald by Harry Jenkins and recounts a jewel theft. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam with sets designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Herbert O. Phillips. A separate French-language version Coup de feu à l'aube was also produced.

Cast

• Ery Bos as Irene Taft
• Genia Nikolajewa as Lola
• Karl Ludwig Diehl as Petersen
• Theodor Loos as Bachmann
• Fritz Odemar as Dr. Sandegg
• Peter Lorre as Klotz
• Heinz Salfner as Joachim Taft
• Gerhard Tandar as Müller IV
• Kurt Vespermann as Bobby
• Ernst Behmer as Gas Station Attendant
• Curt Lucas as Holzknecht
• Hermann Speelmans as Schmitter

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Youngkin, Stephen. The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.

External links

• A Shot at Dawn at IMDb