Out of the Ashes (2003)
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This powerful, politically charged cable TV 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… More This powerful, politically charged cable TV 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. Filmed on location in Canada, the U.K., and Lithuania, Out of the Ashes made its Showtime network debut on April 13, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joseph Sargent
- Written By
- Anne Meredith
- Genres
- Drama, Television
R,
- In Theaters
- Apr 13, 2003 Wide
- On DVD
- Apr 20, 2004
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Cast
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Christine Lahti
as Gisella Perl
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Beau Bridges
as Herman Prenitss
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Richard Crenna
as Jake Smith
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Bruce Davison
as Peter Schuman
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Jonathan Cake
as Dr. Mengele
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Zoie Palmer
as Didi Goldstein
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Jolyon Baker
as Frederick Krauss
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Jessica Beitchman
as Marta Weiss
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Oliver Cotton
as Moshe Perl
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Michelle Fine
as Fanny Perl
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Maria Ricossa
as Esther Jacob
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Ingrid Veninger
as Zozia
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Emma Wellbelove
as Young Gisella
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Nina Young
as Irma Griese
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Vytautas Rumsas
as David Perl
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Inga Tuminiene
as Cilla Perl
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Adrija Cepaite-Palsauskiene
as Rose Perl
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Inga Maskarina
as Helen Perl
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Nola Augustson
as Sarah Goldstein
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Alan Jordan
as Issac Goldstein
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Judah Katz
as Dr. Jonas Ruben
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Monika Biciunaite
as Dr. Ruth Stern
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Kilimciauskaite
as Katya Weiss
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Kristina Mauruseviciute
as Leitu
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Getter Kosolov
as Young Cilla Perl
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Aurelija Pasmuntaite
as Young Rose Perl
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Joonas Suokko
as Young David Perl
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Elena Stonciute
as Young Helen Perl
