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Out of the Ashes is a 2003 American made-for-television biographical drama film that was released by Showtime. 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.
Apr 13, 2003 · A TV movie based on the true story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish-Hungarian doctor who survived Auschwitz and became a U.S. citizen. The film depicts her ordeal in the camp, her work as a camp doctor, and her struggle to rebuild her life and family.
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- Drama
- Joseph Sargent
- 2003-04-13
Out of the Ashes. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit and a landmark in the literature of the Holocaust, this is the true story of Dr. Gisella Perl who, while imprisoned in a concentration camp, became an eyewitness to the experiments of Dr. Josef Mengele, the chief physician at Auschwitz. 305 IMDb 6.7 1 h 53 min 2003.
A TV movie based on a true story of a Holocaust survivor, Gisella Perl, who faces a citizenship trial in America. She is accused of collaborating with the Nazis, but she defends herself and her past.
In "Out of the Ashes", Lahti is out front delivering a typically sterling performance as a gynecologist and Auschwitz survivor who applies for citizenship to the US while reliving the horrors of her WWII experience via flashback before a panel of review not unlike the Spanish Inquisition.
A Holocaust survivor struggles to overcome her trauma and start a new life in America. Out of the Ashes is a 2003 film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Jessica Beitchman, Jonathan Cake and Bruce Davison.
- Drama
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The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
