Arch of Triumph Page #8

Synopsis: In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets Joan Madou, a kept woman cast adrift by her lover's sudden death. Against Ravic's better judgement, they become involved in a doomed affair; matters come to a crisis on the day war is declared.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Lewis Milestone
Production: United Artists
 
IMDB:
6.4
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Year:
1948
120 min
203 Views


I am delighted to have met you,

and you will hear from me

sometime between

the 28th and the 5th,

and discretion, of course.

Of course.

Between the 28th and the 5th.

Don't forget.

I never forget anything.

Neither an appointment or a face.

It's my profession.

Ravic.

Come right away.

Yes. No. Come right away, please.

L... I'm frightened.

Help me, Ravic.

Please come.

Yes.

Joan.

Joan.

Oh, you're here.

What happened?

Nothing.

I'm glad you still have

enough concern for me

to come when I call you.

So you lied to get me up here.

Yes. I had to see you.

And if I have to lie to see you,

I'll continue to lie.

You acted very strangely at Fouquet's.

It was like telling me that everything

was over between us.

It is.

You needn't do that.

I'm not going, not this time.

Not until I make you understand

that the book is closed.

It is not closed.

I can't bring myself to marry Alex.

I love you.

And I'll always love you.

And you love me.

Yes.

But I have broken away from you.

Are we automatons

that we can turn love on and off?

We were finished when I returned

from Switzerland.

I knew it then.

I should have broken off then.

I should have broken off

the first time you brought me here,

but I wasn't sure.

No one can prophesy.

And sometimes one doesn't

want to know everything.

I can't imagine our never being together.

For a time, yes, but not forever.

You know you will leave me again...

tomorrow, the day after tomorrow,

sometime.

Yes.

And if you returned,

you know you would always go again.

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes!

Oh, what's the use?

What is it?

Why is it that way with us?

It's not only us.

Everyone searches for security in love.

You found them both,

but in two different men.

You want the one, and you don't

want to let the other go.

Yes, I would, Ravic.

I want only...

only I'm afraid.

I'd afraid of letting my love for you

do to me what it did...

what it did before,

when you were taken away from me,

when you were deported.

I can't, I can't be hurt like that again.

Can't we...

Can't we at least...

A former-Iover friendship? No.

Might be possible with some people.

A love like ours has no substitute.

Pain is part of it.

I can't.

I can't.

I can't.

I know.

That's why this is the end.

Ravic!

Hello.

Yes.

Yes, thank you.

I'm expecting him.

You certainly did not rent

one of the cheap suites.

Have you ever sat in a plush hole

the entire day and waited?

Longer, my boy, longer.

And remember, this is the first day only.

You may wait seven.

You may wait 7,000. Look.

France closed the German frontier today.

There's still a chance.

I'll wait the week out.

Did you have much trouble

getting in here without passport?

No. Night porters don't ask questions

in exclusive hotels.

What about the day fellows?

That's a chance I'll have to take.

If I had only thought

of asking Haake's Paris hotel.

I know. I know.

You are sitting here thinking

you have done everything wrong, eh?

- Forget it.

- Did you rent the car?

Oh, yes. Yes, Talbot with leather seats.

It's parked in the Rue de Berri,

opposite the Lancaster.

- Thank you.

- Remember, you have no license to drive.

That has never bothered me before.

I came here straight

from the International.

I left Joan in my room, crying.

Hello.

One moment, please.

Do you know where

you'll want to take him?

Yes, I know a place.

Yes?

Yes, this is Herr von Holn.

The wine you ordered,

was it Liebfrauen '29?

Yes. Open.

Room service.

Yeah.

I hope you do not attract attention.

No man in Paris eats in his room

unless he is sick.

I wish I could come with you.

I'm glad you don't have to.

God bless your eyes.

They've invaded Poland.

Yes, it's started.

The whole city is deathly quiet.

Whole country is hoping against hope.

And here I am playing

this silly game of Indians.

If only Haake hasn't left Paris by now.

With the frontiers closed,

he may not even have come at all.

For four days now, I've...

Let's talk about something else.

Yes.

What do you really intend

to do about Joan?

Have you seen her again?

Every day she comes

to see me at International,

every night at Sheherazade.

She wants to make things right.

She is desperate.

Let's talk about something else.

We'll be blacked out.

It's just been announced over the radio

as a precaution against air raids.

On the radio, they say

everything is precaution.

They say there will be no war.

They say they're about to negotiate.

- Good evening, Miss Madou.

- Good evening.

- I want to see the colonel.

- I'll look for him.

Hey.

I cannot talk to her here in this uniform.

Tell her I see her outside.

You can talk to her here.

Not a soul will be here tonight.

Well...

- Please...

- There will be blackout any minute.

It was just announced.

- You're to hurry home.

- Please, Colonel...

You should not be out alone.

Where is he?

I do not know.

If they declare war,

they'll put Ravic

into a concentration camp.

You are the only one who can

give me a chance to see him.

Please, before it is too late.

All right, Joan.

If I see him.

I have your word?

Monsieur von Holn doesn't answer.

He must be in.

You'll keep ringing, please.

Where are you going?

To get my car.

You want to leave me.

No, no, no, no, no.

You wait here.

We closed up this place.

Wait here.

Tell me about this place

where we are going.

Well, select wines, exquisite service,

unbelievably pleasant company...

Sounds wonderful, wonderful.

But not cheap.

We Germans, you know,

limited foreign exchange.

Herr Ivon Haake, need I remind you

that in Paris you're my guest?

You are a true landsman.

It is 5:
30.

Remember, good friend,

I must be in the

Gare du Nord by 9:00.

I will not see Paris again

until I, through this

Arch of Triumph, march.

We have nearly four hours.

You'll make it easily.

Where are we?

The Bois de Boulogne.

How long are we driving?

Oh, ten minutes.

It has been longer.

Not much.

Before I was asleep, I looked at the time.

We are driving more than half an hour.

Really? I didn't think it was so long.

We'll be there soon.

Where?

The place I told you about.

Drive back.

- Now?

- Ja.

Why?

Drive back.

All right.

Do we go back?

Yes.

10 Downing Street.

This morning, the British

Ambassador in Berlin

handed the German government a final note,

stating that unless we heard

from them by 11:
00

that they were prepared at once

to withdraw their troops from Poland,

a state of war would exist between us.

I have to tell you now

that no such undertaking

has been received,

and that consequently

this country is at war with Germany.

You heard?

Well?

I killed him in the Bois

and buried him in Saint-Germain.

Where is the car?

Rue Poncelet.

Everything is in order.

Nothing else to do?

Nothing.

I've got an horrific headache.

I want to sleep.

I'll come down later.

You did not forget anything?

No, I don't think so.

I've given up my room

at the Prince de Galles.

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Lewis Milestone

Lewis Milestone (born Leib Milstein; September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was a Russian-born American motion picture director. He is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), both of which received Academy Awards for Best Director. He also directed The Front Page (1931 – nomination), The General Died at Dawn (1936), Of Mice and Men (1939), Ocean's 11 (1960), and received the directing credit for Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), though Marlon Brando largely appropriated his responsibilities during its production. more…

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