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An unforgettable Mercouri experience

Promise at Dawn

5.5 / 10 5.5 1970 1h 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

CAST

The people behind the story

Melina Mercouri

Melina MercouriNina Kacewa

Assi Dayan

Assi DayanRomain Kacew age 25

Didier Haudepin

Didier HaudepinRomain Kacew age 15

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François RaffoulRomain Kacew age 9

Despo Diamantidou

Despo DiamantidouAniela

Jean Martin

Jean MartinIgor Igorevitch

Fernand Gravey

Fernand GraveyJean-Michel Serusier

Jacqueline Porel

Jacqueline PorelMadame Mailer