Promise at Dawn vs The Duchess

Promise at Dawn has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 7/10 for The Duchess). The Duchess is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 10m. The Duchess is the older of the two (2008 against 2017). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Promise at Dawn posterPromise at Dawn2017 VS The Duchess posterThe Duchess2008
Promise at DawnThe Duchess
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.0/10
Year20172008
Length2h 10m1h 50m
GenresDrama, History, Romance, WarDrama, History, Romance
Country––
DirectorEric BarbierSaul Dibb
Main castCatherine McCormack, Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Arieh WorthalterKeira Knightley, Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper, Simon McBurney, John Shrapnel

Synopsis

Promise at Dawn

From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.

The Duchess

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

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