The 7th Dawn
The 7th Dawn is a 1964 Technicolor drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring William Holden, Capucine and Tetsurō Tamba. The film, set during the Malayan Emergency, is based on the 1960 novel The Durian Tree by Michael Keon and was filmed on location in Malaysia.
Plot
1945 - As the Japanese occupiers in Malaya during World War II surrender, three friends who fought in the Resistance emerge from the jungle. Ferris is an American who fought alongside the Malayans. Dhana is a half-French, half-Vietnamese woman Ferris is in love with. Ng is a Communist revolutionary, raised by Dhana's family. They meet Trumpey, the commanding British officer, during the Japanese surrender ceremony. Ng leaves Ferris and Dhana to travel to Moscow for training.
More details
author | Karl Tunberg |
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contentLocation | Malaysia |
director | Lewis Gilbert |
editor | Jeremy Saunders |
events | Cold War |
genre | adventure drama |
keywords | arrest bomb british malaya british officer carcosa seri negara communist high commissioner of the united kingdom for malaya horrify insurgency japanese occupation of malaya japanese occupiers japanese surrender list of high commissioners of the united kingdom for malaya malaya malayan emergency morning of old friend only way rescue rid rubber plantation seven days terrorist attack train united kingdom world war ii |
musicBy | Riz Ortolani |
producer | Charles K. Feldman |
publisher | United Artists |
theme | war |