Dawn on the Third Day

Drama, War

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Claude Bernard-Aubert

Status Released

Release Date 1962-01-26

Storyline

The inhabitants of Praxos, a mountain village in an occupied country, organize their own resistance to the oppressor. Faced with reprisals, they decide that every hour a man will cross the bridge that is the population's only supply route. The action, which results in the death of all those taking part, continues until dawn on the third day.