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| Directed by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Written by | Reginald Berkeley (play) Robert Cullen Herbert Wilcox |
| Starring | Sybil Thorndike Ada Bodart Gordon Craig Marie Ault |
| Cinematography | Bernard Knowles |
| Studio | British & Dominions Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
| Release date(s) | 1 March 1928 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Dawn is a 1928 silent war film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Sybil Thorndike, Gordon Craig and Marie Ault. It was produced by Wilcox for his British and Dominions Film Corporation.
Based on a play by Reginald Berkeley, this film tells the story of World War I martyr Edith Cavell. Sybil Thorndike stars as Cavell, a nurse who risked her own life by rescuing British Prisoners of War from the Germans. When Cavell was captured and sentenced to be executed, it sparked international outrage, even from neutral nations.
One of the most controversial British films of the 1920s, Dawn was heavily censored because of its brutal depiction of warfare and anti-German sentiments.
Wilcox returned to the subject in 1939 with Nurse Edith Cavell starring Anna Neagle.
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