Arch of Triumph (1948)


Arch of Triumph
Release Date17 February 1948
Budget$5,000,000
US Box Office$1,000,000
TaglineThe story of an outcast and a killer!
GenreDrama, Romance, War
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsEnterprise Studios - 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish, German
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
ThemesRefugees, Women During Wartime
TonesDownbeat, Poignant
TagsDoctor/nurse, Invasion, Love, Refugee, Rescue, Revenge, Romance, Search, Songwriter, Suicide, War, War Crimes

Arch of Triumph is a 1948 US war romance film made by Enterprise Productions. The film was directed by Lewis Milestone and adapted from the 1945 Erich Maria Remarque novel Arch of Triumph.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Joan Madou

Dr. Ravic

Ivon Haake

'Col.' Boris Morosov

Kate Bergstroem

Roman Bohnen
Dr. Veber

Hotel manager at the Verdun

Ruth Nelson
Madame Fessier

Stephen Bekassy
Alex

Tattooed waiter

Art Smith
Inspector

Michael Romanoff
Capt. Alidze

Richard Alexander
Gestapo agent

Jean Andrew
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Sylvia Andrew
Milan charwoman

Frank Arnold
Newsboy

Jessie Arnold
Cashier

George Balooi
Scheherazade's waiter

Griff Barnett
Fernand

Richard Bartell
Taxi driver

Claude Bayard
Waiter

Brooks Benedict
Dance Extra

Carmen Beretta
Woman injured by crane

Albert

Helen Boyce
German woman

Sybil

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Scheherazade's chef

Neville Chamberlain
Himself

Boris Chmara
Scheherazade's chef

Gordon B. Clarke
Drunk

Policeman at accident

Gino Corrado
Sommelier

Franco Corsaro
Lt. Navarro

Robert Culler
Gestapo agent

Peter Cusanelli
Taxi driver

George Davis
Alois

Walter DeCardo
Waiter

Guy D'Ennery
Waiter

Vladimir Dubinsky
Scheherazade's waiter

Worker

Katherine Emery
Grim nurse

Joe Espitallier
Workman

Fernandaelisch
Flower woman

Gambler at roulette table

Policeman at accident

Jay Gilpin
Refugee boy

Alvin Hammer
Albert

Carl Hanson
Taxi driver

Beba Holzer
Casino player

Willy Kaufman
Rappaport

Ilia Khmara
Russian singer

John Laurenz
Col. Gómez

Joe LeBlanc
Newsboy

Hans Carl Ludwig
Ladzlo

George Magrill
Taxi driver

Fee Malten
-

Joseph Marievsky
Scheherazade's waiter

Paul Marion
Anesthetist

Patricia Marlowe
Scrub nurse

Andre Marsaudon
Roulette croupier

Alex Melesh
Waiter

Tony Natalie
Milan porter

Bob O'Connor
Policeman

Manuel París
Bartender

Paule Pascal
Refugee mother

Nino Pipitone
General's aide

Joe Ploski
Man at Party, Man in Line

Marie Rabasse
Bistro owner's wife

Emil Rameau
Mr. Schultz

Vladimir Rashevsky
Nugent

Suzanne Ridgeway
Girl at Sidewalk Cafe

Walter Rode
Scheherazade's waiter

George Root
Waiter

Gestapo agent

William Roy
Chasseur

Irate wife

Fred Santley
Hotel waiter at the Verdun

Leonardo Scavino
Capt. Gonzales

Peter Seal
Scheherazade's waiter

Muni Seroff
Krings

Gwynne Shipman
Nurse

Sundar Singh
Rug peddler

Kalu K. Sonkur
Rug peddler

Bob Stebbins
Bellboy

Larry Steers
Gambling House Extra

Helga Storme
Telephone operator

Hal Stout
Waiter

Tony Taurent
Waiter

Joyce Tucker
Bistro waitress

Harry J. Vejar
Bistro owner

Jacques Villon
Newsboy

Peter Virgo
Vladislaus Polyanski

Fay Wall
Clarisse

Fouquet's waiter

Mrs. Green

Barbara Woodell
Eugenie

Lilo Yarson
Alvarez

William Yetter Sr.
Gestapo agent

Director

Harry Brown

uncredited

Producer

Otto Klement
associate producer

producer

Charles Einfeld
executive producer

David L. Loew
executive producer

Joseph Henry Steele
assistant producer

Original Music

Louis Gruenberg
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Cinematographer

Editor

W. Duncan Mansfield

Casting Director

Billy Selwyn
-

Production Designer

William Cameron Menzies
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Art Director

William Flannery

Set Decorator

Edward G. Boyle
-

Costume Designer

Marion Herwood Keyes
-

William Cannell
-

Makeup Department

Gustaf Norin
makeup supervisor

George Bruce
makeup artist

Lillian Lashin
hair stylist: Miss Bergman

Ann Locker
hair stylist

Production Manager

Joseph C. Gilpin
executive production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

assistant director

Nate Watt
second unit director

Georges Lampin
assistant director: European sequence

Albert Van Schmul
second assistant director

Al Westen
second assistant director

Art Department

Robert H. Moreland
special scenic effects

Buddy Betzholdt
paint foreman

William Garrett
draper

Charles Gay
assistant set decorator

Mike Gordon
prop foreman

Archie Hall
construction foreman

Al Hersh
prop foreman

Louis Hoenig
greensman

Howard E. Johnson
assistant art director

Dave Katzman
location props

Ernie McCarty
stand-by painter

Roger McDonald
illustrator

John Orlando
prop foreman

Albert Pyke
chief draftsman

James Trepeck
prop foreman

Sound Department

Frank Webster
sound engineer

Earl Crain Jr.
boom operator

John K. Kean
sound recordist

William Mills
cable person

W.C. Smith
sound mixer

Special Effects

Louis Hopper
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Robert Dabke
company grip

Walter Dalton
company grip

Durward Graybill
still photographer

Ledge Haddow
focus puller

C.K. Hancock
gaffer: stills

John Leeds
assistant camera

Guy Merry
best boy

George Neff
gaffer

John L. Russell
camera operator

Charles Sattler
grip: stills

Scotty Welbourne
chief still photographer

Walter Young
company grip

Casting Department

Barbara Canterbury
casting assistant

Jasper Russel
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

costume designer: Miss Bergman

Brent Brentford
wardrobe

Thelma Courtmarsh
wardrobe

Ned Lambert
wardrobe manager

Paul McCardle
wardrobe

Nan Tate
seamstress

Ruth Woods
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Martha Dresback
negative cutter

Eleanor Harrison
assistant editor

Music Department

Rudolph Polk
musical director

conductor

Ilia Khmara
coach: gypsy folk music for Ingrid Bergman

Transportation Department

Bob Russell
transportation manager

Other Crew

Michel Bernheim
technical advisor

Mario Castegnaro
process department

Serge Bertensson
dialogue director

Bob Blowitz
publicity director

Raphael Bretton
technical advisor

Dr. Forrest Damewood
first aid, technical advisor: medical scenes

Lida Dolan
secretary to director

Evelyn Earle
script supervisor

Harry S. Franklin
assistant to second unit director

Rochelle Friedburg
production secretary

Loretta Jones
payroll clerk

Georges Kessel
advisor: French scenes

Simon R. Mitchneck
dialogue coach: Charles Boyer

Hal Plante
watchman

Ruth Roberts
dialogue coach: Ingrid Bergman

Dario Sabatello
advisor: Ingrid Bergman's Italian in death sequence, publicist: foreign

John Strauss
unit publicist

Production Company

Arch of Triumph Inc.

Enterprise Productions
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Distributor

United Artists

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Budd Rogers Releasing Corporation

Valio-Filmi

Kinowelt Home Entertainment

Republic Pictures Home Video

Miscellaneous

F.K. Casting
extras casting

French Research Foundation
technical advisor

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
archival sound

Sound Services
sound recording