Before Sundown

{{Short description|1956 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Before Sundown

| image = Before Sundown.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Gottfried Reinhardt

| producer = Artur Brauner

| writer = {{ubl|Gerhart Hauptmann (play)|Jochen Huth}}

| starring = Hans Albers
Annemarie Düringer
Martin Held

| music = Werner Eisbrenner

| cinematography = Kurt Hasse

| editing = Kurt Zeunert

| studio = CCC Film

| distributor = Schorcht Filmverleih
Sascha Film (Austria)

| released = {{Film date|1956|07|06|df=y}}

| runtime = 103 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

}}

Before Sundown ({{langx|de|Vor Sonnenuntergang}}) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt and starring Hans Albers, Annemarie Düringer and Martin Held. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival, it won the Golden Bear (Audience award).{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1956/03_preistr_ger_1956/03_Preistraeger_1956.html |title=6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners |access-date=27 December 2009 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015120526/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1956/03_preistr_ger_1956/03_Preistraeger_1956.html |url-status=dead }} The film was adapted from the play Before Sunset by Gerhart Hauptmann.Goble p.211

The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Vienna and the Swiss resort town of St. Moritz. The sets were designed by art directors Peter Röhrig and Rolf Zehetbauer.