Genres
Production Companies
Callendar Company
Harlech Television (HTV)
Arch of Triumph
With Europe on the brink of war, for one man the battle has already begun.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Waris Hussein
Director of Photography: Bob Edwards
Producer: Peter Graham Scott, John Newland, Mort Abrahams
Top Cast
Anthony Hopkins
Dr. Ravic
Lesley-Anne Down
Joan Madou
Donald Pleasence
Ivon Haake
Frank Finlay
Col. Boris Morosov
Richard Pasco
Dr. Veber
Joyce Blair
Rolande
Alexander Davion
Alex
Martin Benson
Goldberg
