''A Day Will Come'' (german: Es kommt ein Tag) is a 1950 West German historical drama film directed by

Rudolf Jugert Rudolf Jugert (1907–1979) was a German film director. Selected filmography * ''Film Without a Title'' (1948) * '' Hallo, Fräulein!'' (1949) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1950) * ''Nights on the Road'' (1952) * ''Illusion in a Minor Key'' (1952) * ''J ...

and starring

Dieter Borsche Albert Eugen Rollomann (25 October 1909 – 5 August 1982), better known as Dieter Borsche, was a German actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1935 and 1981. Since 1944, he suffered from muscle atrophy and had to use a wheelchair ...

Maria Schell Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926 – 26 April 2005) was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, she was awarded the Cannes Best Actress Award for her performance ...

and Lil Dagover. It was shot at the

Göttingen Studios The Göttingen Studios were film studios located in the German city of Göttingen. The studios were established in 1948 on a site that had previously been used as an aeroplane hangar on the outskirts of Göttingen. The studios were founded by the ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Walter Haag Walter Haag (1898–1978) was a German art director. He worked on more than sixty films during his career including the 1940 historical melodrama ''The Heart of a Queen''.Hull p.179-80 Selected filmography * ''The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (19 ...

. It is based on

Ernst Penzoldt Ernst Penzoldt (14 June 1892 – 27 January 1955) was a German writer, sculptor and painter. Penzoldt was born in Erlangen. He had three older brothers. His father Franz Penzoldt was a German professor of medicine. From 1912 he studied sculpt ...

's novella ''Korporal Mombour'', set at the time of the Franco-Prussian War.

Cast

as Friedrich *

as Madeleine * Lil Dagover as Mme. Mombour *

Gustav Knuth Gustav Knuth (7 July 1901 – 1 February 1987) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1935 and 1982 and starred in the TV series '' Alle meine Tiere''. He was married to the actress Elisabeth Lennartz. Selected ...

as Paul *

Renate Mannhardt Renate Mannhardt (1920–2013) was a German actress. She starred in Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, first in Europe and later in the United States ...

as Louise *

Else Ehser Else Ehser (1894–1968) was a German stage actress. She also made numerous appearances in German films in supporting roles, such as her performance as Maria Theresa of Spain in the 1935 film ''The Private Life of Louis XIV''.Klossner p.223 Selec ...

as Lisette *

Herbert Hübner Herbert Hübner (6 February 1889 – 27 January 1972) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1921 and 1966. He was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) and died in Munich, Germany. Selected fil ...

as Monsieur Mombour *

Alfred Schieske Alfred Schieske (6 September 1908 – 14 July 1970) was a German actor. Career Schieske was born in Stuttgart, the son of a German father and a French mother. He studied acting with Willy Reichert made his stage debut at the Staatstheater Stut ...

as Oberst Schedy *Gerd Martienzen as Duvernoy *Wilhelm Meyer-Ottens as staff surgeon *

Ernst Legal Ernst Otto Eduard Legal (2 May 1881 – 29 June 1955) was a German actor and opera director of Berlin State Opera. Born on 2 May 1881 in Schlieben in the Prussian Province of Saxony, he was the father of the actress Marga Legal. He died in B ...

as mayor *Hans Mahnke as Poussin, carpenter *Norbert Zeuner as Baptiste

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* 1950s historical drama films German historical drama films 1950s war drama films German war drama films West German films Films directed by Rudolf Jugert Films set in the 1870s Franco-Prussian War films Films based on German novels 1950 drama films German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Göttingen Studios {{1950s-Germany-film-stub