Dawn

Released three days after Adolf Hitler became Reichskanzler it was the first film to have its screening in Nazi Germany It became a symbol of the new times touted by the Nazi regime The title literally morningred is the German term for the reddish coloring of the east sky about a half hour before the sunrise On patrol Captain Liers and his submarine crew sink an important British ship but while returning to harbour theyre lured into a trap by a British vessel disguised as a neutral Danish one They sink it after it attacks them without warning but while they prepare to rescue survivors a British destroyer sinks the sub On the sea bed 60 feet down with all but the bridge flooded the 10 surviving crew have only 8 rescue devices Liers orders the crew to use them but they disobey either all escape or nobody does