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She saved 210 lives. They made sure hers ended in a firing squad.
TMDB
100
IMDb
66

Dawn (1928)

silent-era gutpunchheroism on borrowed timestatue-worthy sacrifice

Overview

DramaWar

A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.

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Content warning
nurse
moral duty versus survivalthe cost of compassion in wartimemartyrdom and legacygendered heroism

Standout Aspects

Acting

Sybil Thorndike's face does what dialogue cannot.

Direction

Wilcox stages execution with devastating restraint.

Best for:Solo: When you want to ugly-cry in dignified silence.·Theater: If you somehow find a 1928 restoration screening.
Heads up:Emotional: Historical inevitability: you know she's not surviving.
Herbert Wilcox

Director

Herbert Wilcox

ReleasedMar 1, 1928
Runtime1h 30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Herbert Wilcox Productions
British & Dominions Film Corporation

Top Cast

Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike

Nurse Edith Cavell

Marie Ault

Marie Ault

Mme. Rappard

Mickey Brantford

Mickey Brantford

Jacques Rappard

Mary Brough

Mary Brough

Mme. Pitou

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Cultural

Made just eight years after Cavell's actual 1915 execution, when witnesses were still alive.

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