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Mood:
- Suspenseful
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Plot:
- KidnappingCrimesHidden IdentityProstituteSurvivalUncover TruthInnocence LostPsychological more...
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Genres:
- ThrillerMelodramaCrimeDrama
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Time/Period:
- 60s
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Place:
- EuropeFranceParisConcentration CampPrison
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Look:
- B&W
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Return from the Ashes, 1965
English
UK
Profile of Return from the Ashes
Return from the Ashes can be described as suspenseful. The plot revolves around kidnapping, crimes, and impossible love. The main genres are thriller and drama. In terms of style, Return from the Ashes is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a concentration camp and in a prison. Return from the Ashes is located in Paris. It takes place in the 1960s. Visually, it is black and white. Return from the Ashes is based on a book.
Summary of Return from the Ashes
Ingrid Thulin plays a Polish inmate of the Dachau concentration camp who is liberated at the end of the war. Presumed dead, Ingrid returns to visit her husband (Maximillian Schell) She finds that his grief was fleeting at best; his new mistress is his "deceased" wife's daughter (Samantha Eggar) from a previous marriage. Since Ingrid's identity is masked by plastic surgery, she subtly re-enters their life without undue stress for either husband or daughter. But when the husband figures out the ruse, he murders his young paramour in the bathtub (a moment lavishly exploited in the print ads for this film) and plots to kill Ingrid for her money. A textbook case of implausibility, Return from the Ashes was adapted from an equally unbelievable novel by Hubert Monteilhet.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK |
| Release date: | 16 November 1965 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
Cast and Crew
as Stanislaus Pilgrin
as Fabienne 'Fabi' Wolf
as Dr. Michele 'Mischa' Wolf
as Dr. Charles Bovard
