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Return from the Ashes

  • 19651965
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
940
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POPULARITY
34,061
21,955
Return from the Ashes (1965)
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In Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.In Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.In Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
940
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
34,061
21,955
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    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • Julius J. Epstein
      • Hubert Monteilhet(novel "Le Retour des cendres")
    • Stars
      • Maximilian Schell
      • Samantha Eggar
      • Ingrid Thulin
    Top credits
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • Julius J. Epstein
      • Hubert Monteilhet(novel "Le Retour des cendres")
    • Stars
      • Maximilian Schell
      • Samantha Eggar
      • Ingrid Thulin
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    • 30User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    "Return From The Ashes" Ingrid Thulin 1965 UA
    "Return From The Ashes" Ingrid Thulin 1965 UA
    "Return From The Ashes" Ingrid Thulin, Maximilian Schell 1965 UA
    Return from the Ashes (1965)
    Ingrid Thulin in Return from the Ashes (1965)
    Ingrid Thulin in Return from the Ashes (1965)
    Samantha Eggar in Return from the Ashes (1965)
    Samantha Eggar in Return from the Ashes (1965)
    Ingrid Thulin in Return from the Ashes (1965)
    Ingrid Thulin in Return from the Ashes (1965)
    Samantha Eggar and Ingrid Thulin in Return from the Ashes (1965)
    Maximilian Schell and Samantha Eggar in Return from the Ashes (1965)

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    Maximilian Schell
    Maximilian Schell
    • Stanislaus Pilgrin
    Samantha Eggar
    Samantha Eggar
    • Fabienne 'Fabi' Wolf
    Ingrid Thulin
    Ingrid Thulin
    • Dr. Michele 'Mischa' Wolf
    Herbert Lom
    Herbert Lom
    • Dr. Charles Bovard
    Talitha Pol
    • Claudine
    Vladek Sheybal
    Vladek Sheybal
    • Paul, Chess Club Manager
    Jacques Cey
    • Hotel Desk Clerk
    Jacques B. Brunius
    • 1st Detective
    • (as Jacques Brunius)
    Jean Marc
    • 2nd Detective
    Andre Charisse
    Andre Charisse
    • Restaurant Captain
    Danièle Noël
    • Nurse
    Arnold Diamond
    Arnold Diamond
    • Neighbour
    Franco De Rosa
    • Boy in Nightclub
    Doreen Moore
    • Girl in Nightclub
    Harriet Harper
    • Girl in Nightclub
    Yvonne Andre
    • Woman in Train
    Henri Vidon
    • Man in Train
    • (as Henry Vidon)
    Pamela Stirling
    • Mother in Train
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • Julius J. Epstein
      • Hubert Monteilhet(novel "Le Retour des cendres")
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    • Trivia
      The Ingrid Thulin part was originally offered to Gina Lollobrigida.
    • Goofs
      Ingrid Thulin's clothes and hairstyle in the beginning of the film are very mid-1960s, although the film begins around 1940.
    • Quotes

      Stanislaus Pilgrin: If there is no God, no devil, no heaven, no hell, and no immortality, then anything is permissible.

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    User reviews30

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    Plot summary and comment
    This film has suffered a strange fate. It used to be shown on tv all the time and was inevitably given two stars, when it is in fact a four-star movie. It is inconceivable that there is not plot summary here, so here goes:

    Michelle, a currently single middle-aged medical doctor with a young daughter [already daring for the time], encounters the young fortune hunter Stanislaus in a casual meeting and makes him her boy toy. Michelle happens to be Jewish in Nazi-occupied Paris. When the Nazis do their thing, gentile Stan marries her in a moment of bravura that belies his true character. Nevertheless, they carry Michelle off to concentration camp. Several years after the war ends, she turns up and reunites with Charles, her former colleague at the hospital. She is so worn and haggard that she is hardly recognizable. Charles performs some plastic surgery, then she runs into Stan, who has taken up with Michelle's beautiful and still somewhat girlish daughter Gabby. Stan sees the striking resemblance and asks "Mme. Robert" if she will impersonate his supposedly late wife because French law won't give Gabby access to her mother's assets without a dead or alive body. Michelle agrees because she thinks it might be fun, but soon reveals herself as the real Michelle. Stan pretends to be reconciled with Michelle but plots with Gabby against her life.

    This is the longest summary I have written because it is a very convoluted but masterfully managed plot. This is a much more convincing movie about mistaken/not mistaken identity than Hitchcock's "Vertigo." It is a three-character movie and all three are magnificent. I have left enough out of the summary to keep you in considerable suspense.
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    • jbuck_919
    • Jun 12, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 14, 1966 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Povratak iz pepela
    • Filming locations
      • MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Orchard Productions
      • The Mirisch Corporation
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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