Out of the Ashes (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Writers (WGA):

Gisella Perl (book)
Anne Meredith (teleplay)

Release Date:

13 April 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Pregnancy | Doctor | Abortion | Holocaust | Concentration Camp

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Christine Lahti	...	Gisella Perl
Beau Bridges	...	Herman Prentiss
Richard Crenna	...	Jake Smith
Bruce Davison	...	Peter Schuman
Jonathan Cake	...	Dr. Mengele
Jolyon Baker	...	Frederick Krauss
Jessica Beitchman	...	Marta Weiss
Oliver Cotton	...	Moshe Perl
Michelle Fine	...	Fanny Perl
Zoie Palmer	...	Didi Goldstein
Maria Ricossa	...	Esther Jacob
Ingrid Veninger	...	Zozia
Emma Wellbelove	...	Young Gisella
Nina Young	...	Irma Griese
Vytautas Rumsas	...	David Perl

Also Known As:

Gisella Perl (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/cruelty and some nudity.

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (self applied) | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R

Company:

Ardent Productions

Trivia:

Richard Crenna's final acting project.

BEST PORTRAYAL OF HOLOCAUST LIFE I HAVE SEEN TO DATE.

Out of the Ashes is one of the best portrayals of the life of a Holocaust survivor I have seen yet. As an avid researcher of the Holocaust I have read Dr. Perl's 1948 novel of her life as a concentration camp survivor and the accounts of her work as a camp doctor. Showtime could not have done a more superior job bringing this woman's story to the screen. This is certainly a movie that will grip at your heart strings , Jewish or not. Auschwitz was re-created with fierce accuracy. Even the most hardened heart could not feel anything but pure admiration as the story unfolds of Dr. Perl's struggle to help the women of Auschwitz and her own struggle for survival. Dr. Perl single handedly assisted in the preservation of the Jewish people by helping the innocent women victims to stay alive and fight with the hope that they would one day present the world with a new generation of Jews that would be free. She then came to America and assisted in delivering this new generation before she retired in Israel and ended her life there doing volunteer work. This is an extraordinary story of one of the bravest woman I have ever learned of. I could not give this movie a higher rating.