FEVER AT DAWN

  • Original title:
    Hajnali láz
  • Genre:
    drama, history
  • Production year:
    2015
  • Format:
    HD
  • Runtime:
    105 min
  • Language:
    Hungarian
  • Director:
    Péter Gárdos
  • Cast:
    Emőke Piti, Milán Schruff, Andrea Petrick
  • Producer:
    Dénes Szekeres
  • Budget:
    €1,79m

Synopsis

He wrote a letter to a hundred and seventeen women till he found a wife. 
Based on a true story, set in the Swedish rehabilitation camps during the autumn and winter of 1945, Fever at Dawn tells the story of a love born in the strangest of circumstances between two long-suffering survivors of the Holocaust. Their love overcomes all obstacles in its path including death when it eventually comes. 
The original novel emerged as one of the most sought after books of the 2015 London Book Fair, ever since sold in more than 30 territories.

Festivals:

2016 - San Jose Cinequest  – Best Narrative Feature Award
2016 - Varna Love is Folly IFF  – Best Director Award
2016 - Los Angeles Jewish Film Fesztival – Best Drama Award

2016 - Cluj-Napoca Transilvania
2016 - Minneapolis St.Paul IFF 
2016 -  Stara Zagora Golden Linden 
2016 -  Warsaw International "Jewish Motives" FF
2016 - Toronto Jewish Film Festival

2016 - Moscow Jewish Film Festival

2016 - Moscow Cifra Festival

2016 - Bratislava Hungarian Festival 

2016 - Palic Film Festival

2016 - Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival

2015 - Chennai IFF  
2015 -  Thessaloniki IFF