Vote on this title
Click on a gene to vote or discover related titles.
-
Mood:
- BleakEmotionalContemplativeTouchingCaptivatingUplifting
-
Plot:
- ImmigrantsStarting OverSurvivalHuman SpiritAnti SemitismFamily in DangerGenocideHolocaust more...
-
Genres:
- DramaHistoricalPeriodWarMelodrama
-
Time/Period:
- 40sWorld War 2
-
Place:
- EuropeHungaryConcentration Camp
-
Based on:
- Based on BookBased on True Story
-
Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
Does this gene fit Out of the Ashes?
Find it on:
| IMDb | |
| Rotten Tomatoes |
Out of the Ashes, 2003
English
USA
Profile of Out of the Ashes
The mood of Out of the Ashes is bleak, emotional, and uplifting. The plot centers around anti semitism, genocide, and the Holocaust. It is a drama, historical, and period movie. Stylistically, Out of the Ashes is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Out of the Ashes takes place, at least partly, in a concentration camp. The setting is Hungary. It happens during World War 2. Out of the Ashes is originally a true story and based on a book.
Summary of Out of the Ashes
Christine Lahti stars in this harrowing made-for-cable film based on the real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II. Perl's story is told in flashback as she sits before an immigration panel in the U.S. seeking American citizenship after the war. Facing her inquisitors' accusations of collaborating with the Nazis because of her work as camp doctor, Perl is forced to relive her horrifying experiences and the difficult moral choices she had to make in order to survive. Features supporting turns from Bruce Davison, Richard Crenna, and Beau Bridges as Lahti's INS interrogators.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 13 April 2003 |
| Runtime: | 120 min |
Cast and Crew
as Gisella Perl
as Herman Prentiss
as Jake Smith
as Peter Schuman
