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Dawn (Wiesel Novel)
''Dawn'' is a novel by Elie Wiesel, published in 1961. It is the second in a trilogy — ''Night'', ''Dawn'', and ''Day'' — describing Wiesel's experiences and thoughts during and after the Holocaust. Unlike ''Night'', ''Dawn'' is a work of fiction. It tells the story of Elisha, a Holocaust survivor. After the war, Elisha moves to the British Mandate of Palestine and joins the Irgun (in the book known as the Movement), a paramilitary group determined to oust the British from the area. One night, he is told he must execute a British officer at dawn. The novel covers his internal struggle leading up to the execution, looking back on his life and those that have affected it.Wiesel, Elie. ''The Night Trilogy''. p. 140 Synopsis The book starts out in Paris with Elisha, the main character, trying to start over from his childhood at Buchenwald Concentration Camp. A man named Gad stops over at Elisha's house to ask if he will give him his future. Gad wants him to join the Moveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is an affinity group for contributors with shared goals within the Wikimedia movement. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within Wikimedia project, sibling projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by ''Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn (1985 Film)
''Dawn'' (, ) is a 1985 French-Israeli co-production drama film directed by Miklós Jancsó, co-financed by the French Ministry of Culture. The film was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Starring the British Michael York and Philip Lautard of France, "Dawn" takes place during the British Mandatory Palestine, in 1947. The story follows the life of a young man, a Jewish Holocaust survivor named Elisha, who is guarding a British prisoner one night in order to execute him at dawn. This is in retaliation for the killing of the members of the Jewish underground. The story is based on The Sergeants affair, the abduction of two British Sergeants by the Irgun and their hanging in a grove in Netanya. Cast * Serge Avedikian * Paul Blain * Christine Boisson as Llana * Philippe Léotard as Gad * Redjep Mitrovitsa as Elisha * Michael York as John Dawson See also * ''Dawn (2014 film), Dawn'' (2014) References External links * 1985 films 1985 drama fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels About The Holocaust
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be confused with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 American Novels
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Sarah Adler
Sarah Adler (; born 1978) is a French and Israeli actress with dual citizenship. Career Adler is now best known for her performances in the 2017 Israeli films ''Foxtrot'' and '' The Cakemaker''; earlier in her career her notable films included ''Stones'' (2004), directed by her husband Raphael Nadjari; '' Our Music'' (2004), directed by Jean-Luc Godard; and ''Marie Antoinette'' (2006). Adler was nominated for European Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Our Music'', and Ophir Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Jellyfish'' which won the Cannes Film Festivals' Caméra d'or. In 2018, she won the Ophir Award The Ophir Awards (), full name: the Israel Film Academy Award, sometimes also known as the Israeli Oscars or the Israeli Academy Awards, are film awards for excellence in the Israeli film industry awarded by the Israeli Academy of Film and Tele ... for Best Actress for her role in '' The Cakemaker''. Filmography Awards and nominations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Basman
Joel Basman (born 23 January 1990) is a Swiss actor best known for having played Franz Kafka in the ARD Miniseries ''Kafka'' (2024) Early life Basman was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to a Swiss Christian mother and an Israeli-Jewish father, both of whom were tailors in the Swiss fashion industry. He grew up in the neighborhood of Aussersihl and was raised bilingual, speaking Swiss-German and Hebrew. He has one older sister who resides in Israel. Career In 2004, he started his career and played a bold teenager named Zizou for the weekly soap opera ''Lüthi und Blanc''. In 2007, director Tobias Ineichen gave the main part to Basman for his film ''Jimmie''. There, he played an autistic boy. In February 2008, he got the prize Shooting Star for his part as a Russian teenager on the film ''Luftibus'', written by director Dominque de Rivaz. In September 2008, Basman received the Schweizer Fernsehpreis (Swiss TV-Prize) in the category film. In October 2008, he got the prize for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of D.J. in ''Event Horizon'' (1997), Ronald Quincy in ''Armageddon'' (1998), Colonel William Tavington in '' The Patriot'' (2000), Michael D. Steele in '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the ''Harry Potter'' franchise series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in ''Peter Pan'' (2003), Captain Waggoner in '' Fury'' (2014), Georgy Zhukov in '' The Death of Stalin'' (2017), Jay Perry in ''Mass'' (2021), and John Godfrey in ''Operation Mincemeat'' (2021). His television roles include Michael Caffee in the Showtime crime drama series '' Brotherhood'' (2006–2008), Michael Britten in police procedural fantasy NBC series '' Awake'' (2012), Dr. Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama series '' The OA'' (2016–2019), Captain Gabriel Lorca in '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (2017–2018), and Timothy Ratliff in the third season of the HBO anthology black comedy-drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn (2014 Film)
''Dawn'' (French: ''L'Aube'', German: ''Morgengrauen'' Hebrew: ''שחר'') is a drama film directed by Romed Wyder, written by Billy MacKinnon and based on the novel Dawn by Elie Wiesel. Synopsis Dawn is a psychological drama behind closed doors, in which four comrades in arms pressure the young Elisha to overcome his moral qualms and fully commit to the armed struggle.The story is set in Palestine in 1947, during the British mandate period. The Zionists are fighting for the establishment of a Jewish state. A member of the armed Jewish underground has been sentenced to death by the British authorities. In return, the resistance has kidnapped a British officer, trying to redeem their friend. The insurgents spend the night together, waiting for the outcome of the negotiation. If the British hang their friend at dawn, one of them will shoot the British officer held as a hostage.Based on the novel by Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, Dawn sheds a new light on a key moment in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romed Wyder
Romed Wyder (born 1967) is a Swiss filmmaker. He has been established in Geneva since 1989. Biography Romed Wyder was born in 1967 in Brig-Glis, Valais, Switzerland. In 1995, he graduated with a degree from the cinema department of the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD) (formerly École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève). He is a former member of the Cinéma Spoutnik and founded Laika Films with five other filmmakers in 1993. Romed developed a tape to film system and an online widget generator. He founded Paradigma Films SA in 2003. During 12 years he was a member of the Federal Film Commission. Between 2005 and 2008 he was the president of the Swiss Filmmakers Association and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Swiss Films and of the executive committee of the Swiss Film Academy. He works as director, producer and screenwriter since 1990. Filmography * Laterna Magica directed by Séverine Barde; created by Dorian Rossel, produced by Romed Wyder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Boisson
Christine Boisson (8 April 1956 – 21 October 2024) was a French actress. Biography Boisson was born in Salon-de-Provence on 8 April 1956; her mother was French and her father was from the West Indies. After she registered in a model agency, Just Jaeckin liked her photo, and she got a part in the film ''Emmanuelle (1974 film), Emmanuelle'' starring Sylvia Kristel, in which she played a lollipop-sucking teenager who masturbates over a picture of Paul Newman. Then she got some more film roles, but she also continued to study acting. In 1977, she made her stage debut in Anton Chekhov, Chekhov's ''The Seagull'' directed by Bruno Bayen. In 1984, she received the Prix Romy Schneider (most promising actress awards) for ''Rue Barbare''. In 2005, she was starring in the stage play ''Viol'' by Botho Strauß (based on ''Titus Andronicus''), directed by Luc Bondy. In 2010, it was widely reported that she had attempted suicide after she climbed over the parapet of her 5th floor apartmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Léotard
Philippe Léotard (his full name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi; 28 August 1940 – 25 August 2001) was a French actor, poet and singer. Biography He was born in Nice, one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of which he was the oldest - and was the brother of politician François Léotard. His childhood was normal except for an illness ( rheumatic fever) which struck him and forced him to spend days in bed during which time he read a great many books. He was particularly fond of the poets - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Blaise Cendrars. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964. Together with students of the '' L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq'', they formed the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble, Théâtre du Soleil. He played Philippe, the tormented son of a woman with terminal illness in the 1974 drama film '' La Gueule ouverte'' by the controversial director Maurice Pialat. He won a César Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael York (actor)
Michael York (born Michael Hugh Johnson; 27 March 1942) is an English film, television, and stage actor. After performing on stage with the Royal National Theatre, he had a breakthrough in films by playing Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's ''Romeo and Juliet (1968 film), Romeo and Juliet'' (1968). His blond, blue-eyed boyish looks and English upper-class demeanour saw him play leading roles in several major British and Hollywood films of the 1970s. His best known roles include Konrad Ludwig in ''Something for Everyone'' (1970), Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in ''Zeppelin (film), Zeppelin'' (1971), Brian Roberts in ''Cabaret (1972 film), Cabaret'' (1972), George Conway in ''Lost Horizon (1973 film), Lost Horizon'' (1973), D'Artagnan in ''The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film), The Three Musketeers'' (also 1973) and its The Four Musketeers (1974 film), two The Return of the Musketeers, sequels, Count Andrenyi in ''Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film), Murder on the Orient Express' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
