Official submission of Austria for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.
The original title, Vor der Morgenroete, comes from the beautifully written letter Zweig leaves behind in the final episode, in which he says he puts it to others with more patience than he has, to wait for the early dawn that may finally come, after the long darkness of the ongoing war.
Award: Filmkunstpreis at Ludwigshafen Film Festival (2016).
German censorship visa # 158996 delivered on 5-4-2016.
French visa # 142651.