Out of the Ashes (2003) ( Gisella Perl )

Out of the Ashes (2003) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Gisella Perl
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Joseph Sargent

Written By:
Gisella Perl
Anne Meredith

Actors:
Christine Lahti ..... Gisella Perl
Beau Bridges ..... Herman Prentiss
Richard Crenna ..... Jake Smith
Bruce Davison ..... Peter Schuman
Jonathan Cake ..... Dr. Mengele
Jolyon Baker ..... Frederick Krauss
Jessica Beitchman ..... Marta Weiss
Oliver Cotton ..... Moshe Perl
Michelle Fine ..... Fanny Perl
Zoie Palmer ..... Didi Goldstein
Maria Ricossa ..... Esther Jacob
Ingrid Veninger ..... Zozia
Emma Wellbelove ..... Young Gisella
Nina Young ..... Irma Griese
Vytautas Rumsas ..... David Perl

Synopsis:

This powerful, politically charged movie was based on the memoirs of Hungarian gynecologist and Holocaust survivor Gisella Perl. Having spent the WWII years in charge of the woman's infirmary at Auschwitz, Perl (played by Christine Lahti) hopes to leave her living nightmare behind when the Allies liberate Europe. But when she applies for American citizenship in 1946, she is hauled into military court to explain the extent to which she "collaborated" with the Nazis during the war. The U.S. officials are especially disturbed by the number of illegal abortions Perl performed at Auschwitz without her superiors' knowledge. But as Perl struggles to explain to her relentless interrogators (the explanation taking the form of extended flashbacks), she terminated the lives of the unborn to save thousands of pregnant women from the Nazi gas chambers.

Based on a true story, this heart-wrenching film follows the journey of Gisella Perl (Christine Lahti), a Jewish-Hungarian doctor who manages to survive Auschwitz. Decades later, she's applying for U.S. citizenship when she becomes accused of colluding with the Nazis. Her judge and jury are three INS investigators (played by Bruce Davison, Richard Crenna and Beau Bridges) who must decide her fate

It is a dramatization of the life of Holocaust concentration camp survivor Gisella Perl and is based on her book "I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz".

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 November, 2014.