Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph

93 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | May 29, 1985

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.

Arch of Triumph

93 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | May 29, 1985

Arch of Triumph
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.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Harlech Television, Newland/Raynor Productions Inc., Callendar Company
Original title Arch of Triumph
Directors Waris Hussein
Writers Charles E. Israel, Erich Maria Remarque

Cast

Anthony Hopkins

as Dr. Ravic

Lesley-Anne Down

as Joan Madou

Donald Pleasence

as Ivon Haake

Frank Finlay

as Col. Boris Morosov

Richard Pasco

as Dr. Veber

Joyce Blair

as Rolande

Martin Benson

as Goldberg

Peter Birrel

as Wiesenthal

Teddy Kempner

as Young Husband

Andrea Evans

as Nurse Eugenie