Is Return from the Ashes sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Return from the Ashes end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Return from the Ashes scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Return from the Ashes easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Return from the Ashes violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Return from the Ashes

Name: Return from the Ashes
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Released: 1965
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar, Ingrid Thulin, Herbert Lom, Talitha Pol

The water warm... the champagne chilled... the music soft... then the daydream ends... and the nightmare begins!

Directed by J. Lee Thompson

Produced by The Mirisch Company, Orchard Productions

1965105 min6.2 / 10

A dark psychological thriller about betrayal and survival, where a Holocaust survivor returns home to discover her husband and stepdaughter's infidelity, setting in motion a nightmare of deception and revenge.

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.

Clusters

Toxic Romantic Relationships Romantic Psychological Thrillers Doomed Romantic Obsession Sex Work And Prostitution

Genres

Thriller Drama

Keywords

Gigolo

Questions people ask

Is Return from the Ashes sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Does Return from the Ashes end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Return from the Ashes scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is Return from the Ashes easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Is Return from the Ashes violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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