Return from the Ashes (1965)
November 16, 1965Release Date
Return from the Ashes (1965)
November 16, 1965Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Maximilian Schell
Stanislaus Pilgrin
Samantha Eggar
Fabienne 'Fabi' Wolf
Ingrid Thulin
Dr. Michele 'Mischa' Wolf
Herbert Lom
Dr. Charles Bovard
Talitha Pol
Claudine
Vladek Sheybal
Paul, Chess Club Manager
Viviane Ventura
Receptionist
Jacques Cey
Hotel Desk Clerk
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Release DateNovember 16, 1965
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Content RatingNR
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Return from the Ashes is a 1965 British thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Ingrid Thulin, Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar and Herbert Lom. It is based on a novel by French crime writer Hubert Monteilhet, adapted for film by prolific screenwriter Julius J. Epstein. The novel would also serve as the source material for the 2014 German film Phoenix, directed by Christian Petzold, though the latter film makes multiple changes to the book's elements and concerns itself solely with the plot to reclaim an inheritance.
The films starts shortly before the Battle of France (1940) when chess master Stanislaus Pilgrin and the Jewish woman Dr. Michele Wulf have a romantic relationship. They get married, but Michele is sent to a Nazi concentration camp. Following the end of World War II, Michele is released and attempts to reunite with her husband and her step-daughter Fabi. The two plan to kill Michelle and claim her estate. The main theme of the film is attempted uxoricide.