Product Details

• Actors: Martin Benson, Alexander Davion, Lesley-Anne Down, Richard Pasco, Donald Pleasence
• Directors: Waris Hussein
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Direct Source Label
• DVD Release Date: April 1, 1985
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007R4T9O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,425 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Historical anti-war movie, May 16, 2008

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Andrea Dealmagro "Andrea" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arch Of Triumph (DVD)

Arch of Triumph is based of the novel of the same title written by Eric Maria Remarque (who also wrote "All Quiet of the Western Front") There are no happy endings en Remarque's novels. The history is about a German doctor (played superbly by Anthony Hopkins), who is Christian but anti-nazi, and has sought refuge in France prior to September 1, 1939.
He is what the French call un sans-papier - an undocumented. France was already flooded by refugees from the defeated Spanish Republic. He is not allowed to work and if he is arrested, he will be dropped at the German border and pushed forward. Of course, if he goes back to Germany, he will end in a concentration camp. He knows it and does what he has to do in order to survive in France. He is viewed as an enemy by both the French and the Germans. In that quandary, he meets a suicidal French woman, a helpful French doctor, and a compasionate Zarist Russian exile. The movie ends as WWII begins.
If you want to watch a movie just to relax, this is not it; it shows a cruel world. This is a movie with a message: that the price that war and prejudice exert on the individual is a high one.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Arch of Triumph, January 22, 2008

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Starling Flowers "Starling" (Gallipolis, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arch Of Triumph (DVD)

The story line is OK and Anthony Hopkins is brilliant as always. I was very disappointed in the quality of the video itself. It is hard to see, the color is awful and the sound is bad. It looks like a homemade video.

4.0 out of 5 stars Arch of Triumph, April 13, 2011

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proctor - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Arch of Triumph (DVD)

I already have this movie in VHS format and wanted a DVD version. This is an old film and the quality of reproduction is not excellent but it is quite enjoyable and shows Anthony Hopkins in one of his earlier roles. I am well satisfied with my purchase and was very pleased and impressed to receive the film so quickly. Thank you.