This 1952 movie is realistic, stark and unsentimental, but gripping and absolutely worth watching. It was filmed in the German cities of Wurzburg, Nuremberg and Mannheim, amid actual destruction and bombed-out buildings that remained from World War II. This also resulted in unparalleled accuracy in the uniforms, equipment, weapons and vehicles used, as most, if not all, were original and actual war surplus. It centers around two German POWs who were recruited by American forces to infiltrate a German tank corps and get information on their whereabouts back to the Americans. Though a post-World War II film, it speaks to us now as powerfully as it did to audiences who had lived through the war themselves. Besides the edge-of-your-seat espionage, Decision Before Dawn shows the moral choices the Germans and Americans had and how each responded to those circumstances.
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