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starring: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Louis Calhern, Ruth Warrickdirected by: Lewis Milestone
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302841985
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
ISBN: 6302841984
Label: Republic Pictures
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Release Date: September 01, 1994
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 278
Studio: Republic Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1948-03
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Rating:  - Grim and wonderful
This movie is very much of a time--that being the German occupation of Paris during World War II. It's the story of two people, each of whom has a Past--with a capital "P." There's a strong sense of world weariness along with a strong desire to survive and avenge. Ingrid Bergman, as always, is magnificent, and Charles Boyer, as always, is a dream. I give it five stars because it's an all-time favorite of mine, not because it's what the AFI--or anyone else--would call a great movie.
Rating: - Unforgettable Flotsam
ARCH OF TRIUMPH has generated a faithful following in the years since its initial failed release, and with good reason. Director Lewis Milestone's film of Erich Maria Remarque's novel, FLOTSAM, didn't achieve the success of his earlier Remarque adaptation, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; the downbeat subject matter, coupled with the offbeat casting of Bergman in the kind of role her fans couldn't accept, doomed the project. But this picture boasts many strengths, starting with Milestone's intelligent ... Read More
Rating:  - Great Film - Poor Quality Film to DVD Transfer
It's surprising that this film comes from the UCLA film archives and this DVD is NOT a restored version. In fact the print it came from was dirty and not well transferred. You see white and black spots all over the place, in one point you see a hair that got stuck in the projector thats just hovering on an area until it dislodged. You occasionally see streak lines going through the whole frame during segments. Also I noticed some flickering (picture jumping up and down) inherent to poor film projector alignment. ... Read More
Rating: - A FINE FILM
Any movie with Charles Boyer is worth it, and the added attraction of Ingrid Bergman and Charles laughton add more talent to this fine film. I would love to have seen the 4 hour version of "Arch of Triumph". If you love the B&W classics I recommend it.
Rating: - Arch of 'Flotsam'
Based on Erich Remarque's novel "Flotsam," ARCH OF TRIUMPH is a shadow-filled, dreary wartime story of two European refugees hiding in Paris who maintain low profiles to avoid deportation. One, a Czech doctor (Boyer), prevents a woman (Bergman) from jumping into the Seine from a bridge, and he later falls in love with her. The other (Calhern), an older exile from the Czar's Russia, acts as his father figure and advisor.
Charles Laughton plays a sadistic Gestapo officer (is there any other kind?); he ... Read More
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