---
title: 'A Shot at Dawn (1932)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Zeisler'
released: '1932-06-18'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-shot-at-dawn-1932'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023435/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Shot at Dawn (1932)

1932 · Crime · Germany

Original title: Schuß im Morgengrauen

## Synopsis

A Shot at Dawn is a 1932 German crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Ery Bos, Genia Nikolaieva and Karl Ludwig Diehl. It was based on the play The Woman and the Emerald by Harry Jenkins and recounts a jewel theft. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam with sets designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Herbert O. Phillips. A separate French-language version Coup de feu à l'aube was also produced.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Zeisler](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-zeisler)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper)
- **Producer:** [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Werner Bohne](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-bohne)

## Cast

- [Genia Nikolajewa](https://cinepixo.com/people/genia-nikolajewa)
- [Kurt Vespermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-vespermann)
- [Curt Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-lucas)
- [Theodor Loos](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodor-loos)
- [Karl Ludwig Diehl](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ludwig-diehl)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre)
- [Ernst Behmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-behmer)
- [Ery Bos](https://cinepixo.com/people/ery-bos)
- [Hermann Speelmans](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-speelmans)
- [Heinz Salfner](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-salfner)
- [Fritz Odemar](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-odemar)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-shot-at-dawn-1932
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