Promise at Dawn

An unforgettable Mercouri experience

  • Rated 5.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1970
  • 1h 42m
  • Drama

A single mother raises her son in impossible circumstances first in Leningrad, then Krakow, and then France, and is over-ambitious about him but never gives in.

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Director
Jules Dassin
Starring
Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan, Didier Haudepin, François Raffoul

Cast

  • Melina Mercouri

    Melina Mercouri

    Nina Kacewa

  • Assi Dayan

    Assi Dayan

    Romain Kacew age 25

  • Didier Haudepin

    Didier Haudepin

    Romain Kacew age 15

  • François Raffoul

    Romain Kacew age 9

  • Despo Diamantidou

    Despo Diamantidou

    Aniela

  • Jean Martin

    Jean Martin

    Igor Igorevitch

  • Fernand Gravey

    Fernand Gravey

    Jean-Michel Serusier

  • Jacqueline Porel

    Jacqueline Porel

    Madame Mailer

  • Elspeth March

    Fat Woman

  • Maria Machado

    Maria Machado

    Nathalie Lissenko

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