Return from the Ashes (1965)
A Jewish woman, Dr. Michele Wolf, interred in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII returns to her Paris home after the war's end. She's unaware that her husband, the handsome gigolo and chess master Stanislaw Pilgrin, has been having an affair with her stepdaughter Fabi in her absence.
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Writer:
Julius J. Epstein
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Maximilian Schell as Stanislaw Pilgrin |
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Samantha Eggar as Fabienne Wolf |
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Ingrid Thulin as Dr. Michele Wolf |
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Herbert Lom as Dr. Charles Bovard |
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Talitha Pol as Claudine |
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Vladek Sheybal as Manager |
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Viviane Ventura as Receptionist |
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Jacques Cey as |
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Jacques Brunius as |
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Andre Charisse as |
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Danièle Noël as |
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Arnold Diamond as |
| Directing | J. Lee Thompson | Director |
| Writing | Julius J. Epstein | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hubert Monteilhet | Novel |
| Camera | Christopher Challis | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Kip Gowans | Assistant Director |
| Production | J. Lee Thompson | Producer |
| Production | Lewis J. Rachmil | Executive Producer |
| Production | Cecil F. Ford | Associate Producer |
| Sound | John Dankworth | Music |
| Editing | Russell Lloyd | Editor |
| Production | Charles Blair | Production Manager |