A Shot at Dawn (German: Schuß im Morgengrauen) 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 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. Cast Ery Bos as Irene Taft Genia Nikolajewa as Lola Karl Ludwig Diehl as Petersen Theodor Loos as Bachmann Fritz Odemar as Dr. Sandegg Peter Lorre as Klotz Heinz Salfner as Joachim Taft Gerhard Tandar as Müller IV Kurt Vespermann as Bobby Ernst Behmer as Gas Station Attendant Curt Lucas as Holzknecht Hermann Speelmans as Schmitter References Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. Youngkin, Stephen. The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky, 2005. External links 1932 films Films of the Weimar Republic German crime films German black-and-white films 1932 crime films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Alfred Zeisler German films based on plays German multilingual films Films produced by Erich Pommer UFA GmbH films 1932 multilingual films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1930s German films