Arch of Triumph

A 1985 British made-for-television film based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which was previously adapted in 1948 for a film of the same name with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. Dr. Ravic (Anthony Hopkins) is an Austrian doctor who helps Jews escape from the Nazis. In 1939, he meets Joan Madou (Lesley-Anne Down), a woman he saves from suicide, and their relationship flourishes until he is arrested as a refugee without documentation and realizes he has some unfinished business with the Nazis. After a prolonged separation, without explanation, the two are finally reunited and struggle to put their relationship back on the right course as mayhem breaks out all around them.

5

93 min

Cast

Anthony Hopkins

as Dr. Ravic

Lesley-Anne Down

as Joan Madou

Donald Pleasence

as Ivon Haake

Frank Finlay

as Col. Boris Morosov

Richard Pasco

as Dr. Veber

Joyce Blair

as Rolande

Alexander Davion

as Alex

Martin Benson

as Goldberg

Stephanie Voss

as Mrs. Goldberg

Peter Birrel

as Wiesenthal

June Barrie

as Proprietress

Teddy Kempner

as Young Husband

Katharine Levy

as Young Wife

Philip Shelley

as Porter

Andrea Evans

as Nurse Eugenie

Paul Nicholson

as Anaesthetist

Michael Burrell

as Meyer

Cornelius Garrett

as Waiter

Isolde Cazelet

as Old Lady

John Flint

as Gendarme

Andrew Hilton

as Police Officer

John Abineri

as Fernand

Roger Bizley

as Deportation Officer

Daniel Rovai

as Fire-Eater

Amanda Hillwood

as Sybil

Richard Driscoll

as Vickers (uncredited)

Director

Waris Hussein