Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Hold Back the Dawn (1941) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1941 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Mitchell Leisen

Written By:
Ketti Frings
Charles Brackett

Actors:
Charles Boyer ..... Georges Iscovescu
Olivia de Havilland ..... Emmy Brown
Paulette Goddard ..... Anita Dixon
Victor Francen ..... Van Den Luecken
Walter Abel ..... Inspector Hammock
Curt Bois ..... Bonbois
Rosemary DeCamp ..... Berta Kurz
Eric Feldary ..... Josef Kurz
Nestor Paiva ..... Fred Flores
Eva Puig ..... Lupita
Micheline Cheirel ..... Christine
Madeleine Lebeau ..... Anni
Billy Lee ..... Tony
Mikhail Rasumny ..... Mechanic
Charles Arnt ..... Mr. John MacAdams

Synopsis:

Hold Back the Dawn begins with a shabby immigrant (Charles Boyer) wandering onto a Paramount sound stage and telling his life story to director Mitchell Leisen (who actually directed this film). In flashback, we see that Boyer was once a conscienceless gigolo, desperate to flee Nazi-occupied Europe. He makes it to Mexico, where he pretends to fall in love with shy schoolteacher Olivia de Havilland. It is his plan to marry her, thus be able to enter the United States; then he intends to dump her and pursue the woman he really loves. Boyer's regeneration, and the price he pays for his previous callousness, brings Hold Back the Dawn to its tearful conclusion.

Told in flashback from a preface in which the main character visits Paramount to sell his story! Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

A Romanian gigolo marries a naive American schoolteacher in Mexico so he can legally enter the United States. Complications arise as he discovers he is falling in love with her.

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