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Promise at Dawn

An unforgettable Mercouri experience

5.5/ 1019701h 42mPG

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.

Directed by Jules Dassin

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Faces behind the story

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