by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Erich Maria Remarque's novel Arch of Triumph was originally adapted to film in 1948 with stars Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman under the direction of Lewis Milestone. This TV-movie remake aired May 29, 1985. Anthony Hopkins and Lesley-Anne Down play the star-crossed lovers whose prewar romance in Paris is endangered by intrigue and revenge. Hopkins, a doctor recently escaped from a concentration camp, rescues Down, the mistress of a dissipated playboy, from committing suicide. Their chance for happiness is sabotaged by Hopkins' desire to wreak vengeance on SS officer Donald Pleasence.
characteristics
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Haunted By The Past
- War
- Romantic
- Romance
- Suicide-attempt
- Vendetta
- Vengeance
- Revenge
- Vigilante
- Retribution
- Doctor
- Avenge
- Nazi
- Out For Revenge
