Arch of Triumph (1948)

Director:

Lewis Milestone

Writers:

Lewis Milestone (screenplay) and
Harry Brown (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

March 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

The story of an outcast and a killer!

Plot:

Illegal refugees lead dark lives in pre-World War II Paris.

Plot Keywords:

Refugee | Murder | Deportation | Romantic Rivalry | Brandy

Cast

Ingrid Bergman	...	Joan Madou
Charles Boyer	...	Dr. Ravic
Charles Laughton	...	Ivon Haake
Louis Calhern	...	'Col.' Boris Morosov
Ruth Warrick	...	Kate Bergstroem
Roman Bohnen	...	Dr. Veber
J. Edward Bromberg	...	Hotel Manager at the Verdun
Ruth Nelson	...	Madame Fessier
Stephen Bekassy	...	Alex
Curt Bois	...	Tattooed Waiter
Art Smith	...	Inspector
Michael Romanoff	...	Capt. Alidze
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Alexander	...	Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
Jean Andrew	...	(uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew	...	Milan Charwoman (uncredited)
Frank Arnold	...	Newsboy (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold	...	Cashier (uncredited)
George Balooi	...	Scheherazade's Waiter (uncredited)
Griff Barnett	...	Fernand (uncredited)
Richard Bartell	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Claude Bayard	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict	...	Dance Extra (uncredited)
Carmen Beretta	...	Woman Injured by Crane (uncredited)
Oliver Blake	...	Albert (uncredited)
Helen Boyce	...	German Woman (uncredited)
Hazel Brooks	...	Sybil (uncredited)
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.	...	Scheherazade's Chef (uncredited)
Neville Chamberlain	...	Himself (archive sound) (uncredited)
Boris Chmara	...	Scheherazade's Chef (uncredited)
Gordon B. Clarke	...	Drunk (uncredited)
William Conrad	...	Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Gino Corrado	...	Sommelier (uncredited)
Franco Corsaro	...	Lt. Navarro (uncredited)
Robert Culler	...	Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
Peter Cusanelli	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Guy D'Ennery	...	Waiter (uncredited)
George Davis	...	Alois (uncredited)
Walter DeCardo	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Vladimir Dubinsky	...	Scheherazade's Waiter (uncredited)
Al Eben	...	Worker (uncredited)
Fernanda Eliscu	...	Flower Woman (uncredited)
Katherine Emery	...	Grim Nurse (uncredited)
Joe Espitallier	...	Workman (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer	...	Gambling House Patron (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Gambler at Roulette Table (uncredited)
Byron Foulger	...	Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Jay Gilpin	...	Refugee Boy (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer	...	Albert (uncredited)
Carl Hanson	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	Gambling House Patron (uncredited)
Beba Holzer	...	Casino Player (uncredited)
Willy Kaufman	...	Rappaport (uncredited)
Ilia Khmara	...	Russian Singer (uncredited)
John Laurenz	...	Col. Gómez (uncredited)
Joe LeBlanc	...	Newsboy (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness	...	Accident Witness (uncredited)
Hans Carl Ludwig	...	Ladzlo (uncredited)
George Magrill	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Fee Malten	...	(uncredited)
Joseph Marievsky	...	Scheherazade's Waiter (uncredited)
Paul Marion	...	Anesthetist (uncredited)
Patricia Marlowe	...	Scrub Nurse (uncredited)
Andre Marsaudon	...	Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
Alex Melesh	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Tony Natalie	...	Milan Porter (uncredited)
Bob O'Connor	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Marie Osborne	...	Extra (uncredited)
Manuel París	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Paule Pascal	...	Refugee Mother (uncredited)
Nino Pipitone	...	General's Aide (uncredited)
Joe Ploski	...	Man at Party / Man in Line (uncredited)
Marie Rabasse	...	Bistro Owner's Wife (uncredited)
Emil Rameau	...	Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Vladimir Rashevsky	...	Nugent (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgeway	...	Girl at Sidewalk Cafe (uncredited)
Walter Rode	...	Scheherazade's Waiter (uncredited)
George Root	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Gene Roth	...	Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
William Roy	...	Chasseur (uncredited)
Irene Ryan	...	Irate Wife (uncredited)
Fred Santley	...	Hotel Waiter at the Verdun (uncredited)
Leonardo Scavino	...	Capt. Gonzales (uncredited)
Peter Seal	...	Scheherazade's Waiter (uncredited)
Muni Seroff	...	Krings (uncredited)
Gwynne Shipman	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Sundar Singh	...	Rug Peddler (uncredited)
Kalu K. Sonkur	...	Rug Peddler (uncredited)
Bob Stebbins	...	Bellboy (uncredited)
Larry Steers	...	Gambling House Extra (uncredited)
Helga Storme	...	Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Hal Stout	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Tony Taurent	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Joyce Tucker	...	Bistro Waitress (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar	...	Bistro Owner (uncredited)
Jacques Villon	...	Newsboy (uncredited)
Peter Virgo	...	Vladislaus Polyanski (uncredited)
Fay Wall	...	Clarisse (uncredited)
Joe Warfield	...	Fouquet's Waiter (uncredited)
Kay Williams	...	Mrs. Green (uncredited)
Barbara Woodell	...	Eugenie (uncredited)
Lilo Yarson	...	Alvarez (uncredited)
William Yetter Sr.	...	Gestapo Agent (uncredited)

Directed by
Lewis Milestone

Writing credits
Lewis Milestone		(screenplay) and
Harry Brown		(screenplay)
Erich Maria Remarque		(from the novel by serialized in Collier's magazine)
Irwin Shaw		uncredited

Produced by
Otto Klement	....	associate producer
David Lewis	....	producer
Charles Einfeld	....	executive producer (uncredited)
David L. Loew	....	executive producer (uncredited)
Joseph Henry Steele	....	assistant producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Louis Gruenberg

Cinematography by
Russell Metty		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
W. Duncan Mansfield		(as Duncan Mansfield)

Casting by
Billy Selwyn		(uncredited)

Production Design by
William Cameron Menzies

Art Direction by
William Flannery		(as William E. Flannery)

Set Decoration by
Edward G. Boyle

Costume Design by
Marion Herwood Keyes
William Cannell		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Gustaf Norin	....	makeup supervisor (as Gustaf M. Norin)
George Bruce	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Lillian Lashin	....	hair stylist: Miss Bergman (uncredited)
Ann Locker	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Joseph C. Gilpin	....	executive production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Aldrich	....	assistant director
Nate Watt	....	second unit director
Georges Lampin	....	assistant director: European sequence (uncredited)
Albert Van Schmul	....	second assistant director (uncredited)
Al Westen	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Robert H. Moreland	....	special scenic effects (as Robert M. Moreland)
Buddy Betzholdt	....	paint foreman (uncredited)
William Garrett	....	draper (uncredited)
Charles Gay	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Mike Gordon	....	prop foreman (uncredited)
Archie Hall	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Al Hersh	....	prop foreman (uncredited)
Louis Hoenig	....	greensman (uncredited)
Howard E. Johnson	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Dave Katzman	....	location props (uncredited)
Ernie McCarty	....	stand-by painter (uncredited)
Roger McDonald	....	illustrator (uncredited)
John Orlando	....	prop foreman (uncredited)
Albert M. Pyke	....	chief draftsman (uncredited)
James Trepeck	....	prop foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Frank Webster	....	sound engineer
Earl Crain Jr.	....	boom operator (uncredited)
John K. Kean	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
William Mills	....	cable person (uncredited)
W.C. Smith	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Louis Hopper	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Mario Castegnaro	....	process department

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Dabke	....	company grip (uncredited)
Walter Dalton	....	company grip (uncredited)
Bud Graybill	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Durward Graybill	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Ledge Haddow	....	focus puller (uncredited)
C.K. Hancock	....	gaffer: stills (uncredited)
John Leeds	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Guy Merry	....	best boy (uncredited)
George Neff	....	gaffer (uncredited)
John L. Russell	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Charles Sattler	....	grip: stills (uncredited)
Scotty Welbourne	....	chief still photographer (uncredited)
Walter Young	....	company grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Canterbury	....	casting assistant (uncredited)
Jasper Russel	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Edith Head	....	costume designer: Miss Bergman
Brent Brentford	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Thelma Courtmarsh	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff	....	costume jeweller (uncredited)
Ned Lambert	....	wardrobe manager (uncredited)
Paul McCardle	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Nan Tate	....	seamstress (uncredited)
Ruth Woods	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Martha Dresback	....	negative cutter (uncredited)
Eleanor Harrison	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Rudolph Polk	....	musical director
Morris Stoloff	....	conductor
Ilia Khmara	....	coach: gypsy folk music for Ingrid Bergman (uncredited)
Joseph Nussbaum	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Bob Russell	....	transportation manager (uncredited)

Other crew
Michel Bernheim	....	technical advisor
Serge Bertensson	....	dialogue director (uncredited)
Bob Blowitz	....	publicity director (uncredited)
Raphael Bretton	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Forrest Damewood	....	first aid (uncredited)
Forrest Damewood	....	technical advisor: medical scenes (uncredited)
Lida Dolan	....	secretary to director (uncredited)
Evelyn Earle	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Harry S. Franklin	....	assistant to second unit director (uncredited)
Rochelle Friedburg	....	production secretary (uncredited)
Loretta Jones	....	payroll clerk (uncredited)
Georges Kessel	....	advisor: French scenes (uncredited)
Norman Lloyd	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Simon R. Mitchneck	....	dialogue coach: Charles Boyer (uncredited)
Hal Plante	....	watchman (uncredited)
Ruth Roberts	....	dialogue coach: Ingrid Bergman (uncredited)
Dario Sabatello	....	advisor: Ingrid Bergman's Italian in death sequence (uncredited)
Dario Sabatello	....	publicist: foreign (uncredited)
John Strauss	....	unit publicist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Enterprise Studios, The (present) (as An Enterprise Picture also)
• Arch of Triumph Inc. (controlled by Enterprise Productions)
• Enterprise Productions

Distributors

• United Artists (1948) (USA) (theatrical) (as A United Artists Release)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Budd Rogers Releasing Corporation (1955) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Valio-Filmi (1959) (Finland) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Olive Films (2012) (USA) (DVD) (DVD and Blu-ray)
• Republic Pictures Home Video (1987) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• F.K. Casting  extras casting (uncredited)
• French Research Foundation  technical advisor
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC)  archival sound (uncredited)
• Sound Services  sound recording

Also Known As:

"Erich Maria Remarque's Arch of Triumph" - UK (complete title), USA (complete title)

Runtime:

120 min | USA:133 min (restored version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #12342) | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (video rating) (1998) (2012) | UK:U (tv rating)

Filming Locations:

Enterprise Studios - 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Enterprise Studios, The

Trivia:

The additional scenes written for Charles Laughton were filmed in New York City in November 1946, because Ingrid Bergman was then starring in a Broadway production of "Joan of Lorraine".

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ingrid (1984)

Soundtrack:

Parlami d'amore, Mariu (Tell Me That You Love Me)

a very fine film

This is a dark, moody, WW II film that many people today cannot understand. This film is also very close to the book. The photography is as good as The Third Man, and the plot is absorbing. Charles Laughton is mis-cast as the SS (Nazi) agent but other than that the film is terrific. Louis Calhern is impressive as the Russian officer now reduced to be a doorman at a nightclub. This is a serious film made at the time of immense human suffering right after the 2nd WWar and shows the very serious attitudes of the people then. This is a film for people who value well made movies from a bygone age that had great actors and directors. The book is tougher than the movie, it was written by one of the 20th centuries great authors.