Return from the Ashes
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.
Plot
Shortly before the German invasion of France, Dr. Michele Wulf encounters the younger Stanislaus Pilgrin over a game of lightning chess, not being aware that Pilgrin is a chess master. She becomes intrigued with the fortune-hunting Pilgrin and the two begin a liaison. Upon the German invasion, in order to protect Michele, who is Jewish, Stan marries her. But the Gestapo arrests her and sends her to a concentration camp.
More details
| author | Julius J. Epstein |
|---|---|
| director | J. Lee Thompson |
| editor | Russell Lloyd |
| events | chess |
| genre | crime drama thriller |
| keywords | battle of france beautiful woman chess champion concentration camp fall german invasion german invasion of france gestapo history of the jews in france id jewish kill lightning lightning chess move nazi concentration camps plastic surgeon plastic surgery police officer return home set up surround taking a bath younger woman |
| musicBy | John Dankworth |
| producer | Lewis J. Rachmil |
| productionCompany | Mirisch Corporation Orchard Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | psychological thriller |