Hold Back the Dawn(Movie, 1941)

Name: Hold Back the Dawn
Genre: Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 1941
Duration: T01:56:00
Rating: 3.3

| 1h 56min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Hold Back the Dawn is a 1941 American romantic drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen, in which a Romanian gigolo marries an American woman in Mexico in order to gain entry to the United States, but winds up falling in love with her. It stars Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Curt Bois, Rosemary DeCamp, and an uncredited Veronica Lake. The movie was adapted by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder from the 1940 novel by Ketti Frings. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress in a ... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Hold Back the Dawn

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White nominated for: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

About Hold Back the Dawn

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Mexico

Made by: Paramount Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 9 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/26/1941

Cast: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Rosemary DeCamp, Madeleine LeBeau, Veronica Lake, Curt Bois, Nestor Paiva, Mitchell Leisen, Brian Donlevy, Charles Arnt, Leon Belasco, Micheline Cheirel, Mikhail Rasumny, Ray Mala, James Flavin, Richard Webb, Harry Shannon, John Hamilton, Edward Fielding, Soledad Jiménez

Director: Mitchell Leisen

Producer: Arthur Hornblow, Jr.

Screenwriter: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder

Film Editor: Doane Harrison

Director of Photography: Leo Tover

Composer: Victor Young

Costume designer: Edith Head

Production Designer: Hans Dreier

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Door de gouden poort"

"A Porta de Ouro"

"Brána ke stéstí"

"Erwachen in der Dämmerung"

"Det må ikke blive morgen"

"Si no amaneciera"

"Yö on liian lyhyt"

"Par la porte d'or"

"As min ximerosi pote"

"Zlote wrota"

"Natten är så kort..."

Keywords: border, love, teacher, american, told in flashback, telephone, gigolo, mexico, immigration, green card, tobacco, jealousy

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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