Arch of Triumph | |
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Genre | Drama Romance War |
Based on | Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque |
Written by | Charles E. Israel |
Directed by | Waris Hussein |
Starring | Anthony Hopkins Lesley-Anne Down Donald Pleasence |
Music by | Georges Delerue |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Patrick Dromgoole |
Producers | Mort Abrahamson Peter Graham Scott John Newland |
Production location | Paris |
Cinematography | Bob Edwards |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Production companies | Callendar Company HTV Newland/Raynor Productions Inc. |
Original release | |
Network | ITV CBS |
Release | 19 December 1984 |
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Arch of Triumph is a 1984 British television film by HTV. It is based on the novel Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front. The novel was previously adapted in 1948 for a film of the same name with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. It was released on 19 December 1984 in the UK, and on 29 May 1985 in the US.[1]
It was directed by Waris Hussein and produced by Mort Abrahamson, Peter Graham Scott and John Newland. The adaptation was by Charles E. Israel, the music score by Georges Delerue and the cinematography by Bob Edwards.
The film stars Anthony Hopkins, as Ravic, an Austrian doctor, Lesley-Anne Down as Joan Madou, and Donald Pleasence as Haake a Gestapo chief with Frank Finlay, Joyce Blair and Richard Pasco.
In the film, Joan Madou (Lesley-Anne Down) sings "J'attendrai".