Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph

4.8. 12:55
ČT2
55 minutes
1984
Drama / Romantic

Arch of Triumph is a 1985 British made-for-television film based on the novel Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque, which was previously adapted in 1948 for a film of the same name with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. Dr. Ravic (Anthony Hopkins) is an Austrian doctor who helps Jews escape from the Nazis. In 1939, he meets Joan Madou (Lesley-Anne Down), a woman he saves from suicide, and their relationship flourishes until he is arrested as a refugee without documentation and realizes he has some unfinished business with the Nazis. After a prolonged separation, without explanation, the two are finally reunited and struggle to put their relationship back on the right course as mayhem breaks out all around them.

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1984
Drama / Romantic

Arch of Triumph is a 1985 British made-for-television film based on the novel Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque, which was previously adapted in 1948 for a film of the same name with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. Dr. Ravic (Anthony Hopkins) is an Austrian doctor who helps Jews escape from the Nazis. In 1939, he meets Joan Madou (Lesley-Anne Down), a woman he saves from suicide, and their relationship flourishes until he is arrested as a refugee without documentation and realizes he has some unfinished business with the Nazis. After a prolonged separation, without explanation, the two are finally reunited and struggle to put their relationship back on the right course as mayhem breaks out all around them.

Creators

Waris Hussein

Cast

Anthony Hopkins, Frank Finlay, Andrea Evans, Lesley-Anne Down, Donald Pleasence, Richard Pasco, Teddy Kempner, Martin Benson, Paul Nicholson, Michael Burrell, Cornelius Garrett, John Abineri, Philip Shelley, Amanda Hillwood, Katharine Levy, Richard Driscoll, Joyce Blair, Peter Birrel, Alexander Davion, Daniel Rovai, Stephanie Voss, June Barrie, Isolde Cazelet, John Flint, Andrew Hilton, Roger Bizley