Daybreak (1949 film)

Daybreak or The Mark of the Day (French: Le Point du jour) is a 1949 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre and Loleh Bellon.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is set in a coal-mining community in the north of France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Bertrand. It was entered into that year's Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Daybreak
Directed by	Louis Daquin
Written by	Louis Daquin Vladimir Pozner
Produced by	Jean Schapira
Starring	Jean Desailly René Lefèvre Loleh Bellon
Cinematography	André Bac
Edited by	Claude Nicole
Music by	Jean Wiener
Production company	Ciné France
Distributed by	Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique
Release date	7 April 1949 (1949-04-07)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cast

• Jean Desailly as Larzac
• René Lefèvre as Dubard
• Loleh Bellon as Marie Brehard
• Jean-Pierre Grenier as Marles
• Michel Piccoli as Georges Gohelle
• Marie-Hélène Dasté as Mme. Brhard
• Suzanne Demars as La mère Gohelle
• Guy Favières as Un vieux mineur
• Paul Frankeur as Bac
• Hélène Gerber as Emma Marles
• Lise Graf as La mère Marles
• Serge Grave as Corentin
• Léon Larive as Vetusto
• Pierre Latour as Noël
• Gaston Modot as Tiberghien
• Catherine Monot as Louise
• Guy Sargis as Roger
• Julien Verdier as Un mineur

References

1. Lloyd & Robinson p.222
2. Hayward & Vincendeau p.126
3. "Le Point du jour de Louis Daquin (1949) - Unifrance".

Bibliography

• Lloyd, Ann & Robinson, David. The Illustrated History of the Cinema. Macmillan, 1987.
• Hayward, Susan & Vincendeau, Ginette . French Film: Texts and Contexts. Psychology Press, 2000.

External links

• Daybreak at IMDb