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Wikipedia escribió:Background and production

The film's name is a reference to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, where the film is set. The rough cut of the film was four hours long, and in reducing it to two hours several actors were cut. Irwin Shaw spent five months writing the screenplay, but then quit when Lewis Milestone wanted him to add a love story. Milestone then rewrote the script, which was then used for the film. Ingrid Bergman's salary for the part was $175,000 + 25% of net profits.

The MPAA's head of the Production Code Administration at the time, Joseph Breen, made the film's studio tone down the violence in the script. The scene where Ravic kills Haake also included him stuffing Haake in the car's trunk, stripping him naked, burying him and burning his clothes, was cut from the film. Breen also objected to the murder going unpunished, but relented.

Turner Classic Movies escribió: Plot summary

In Paris, in the winter of 1938, one year before the beginning of the second World War, an Austrian political refugee and doctor using the alias Ravic prevents a woman from jumping off the Pont-Neuf into the Seine River, and takes her to his room at the international hotel, a stopover for refugees. Later, Ravic, who has been forced to work as an underground surgeon, is called to a hospital to save a young lover from a botched abortion, but she dies. In the morning, the woman he rescued, an Italian-Romanian refugee named Joan Madou, confesses to Ravic that her lover died suddenly during the previous night. With Ravic's help, Joan clears everything with the police and moves to the Hotel de Milan. Later, Ravic and Joan meet again, and he gets her a job as a chanteuse in the Scheherazade café, where Ravic's friend, Morosow, a deposed Russian colonel who calls himself Maurice, works as chasseur. During the following weeks, Ravic and Joan fall in love while drinking calvados, apple brandy from Normandy, in the cafés of Place de l'Opera. One night, Ravic spots German officer Herr von Haake, who once interrogated Ravic and his girl friend Sybil and whose torture killed Sybil. Later, Ravic and Joan take a respite from the oppressive Paris winter and go to Antibes on the French Riviera. There Ravic tells Joan that he can never marry her as long as he remains in France illegally, without a passport. Back in Paris, Ravic stops to help at the scene of a construction accident, and a suspicious French patriot demands his papers. Ravic is arrested and deported, and during his absence, Joan is courted by Alex, a wealthy young playboy she and Ravic met while on the Riviera. Three months later, Ravic returns and finds Joan living in an apartment that is paid for by Alex, whom she does not love, but who is determined to marry her. Ravic graciously allows Joan time to break up with Alex. Meanwhile, Ravic spots Haake again and, introducing himself as a German tourist, promises to introduce him to the women of Paris during Haake's next trip to Paris. One night, Joan calls Ravic in a panic, but when he arrives at her apartment, he finds that her distress call was merely a ploy to see him. She swears she is not marrying Alex, but Ravic tells her that if she were with him, she would always leave. Meanwhile, France declares war on Germany, and as air raids and blackouts begins in Paris, Haake returns. One night Ravic kills Haake during a drive in the country. Ravic goes back to his hotel room and lapses into a deep sleep, which is interrupted by a frantic telephone call from Joan, who says she has left Alex, but has been hurt badly by him. Ravic falls back to sleep, but is shaken awake by Alex, who confesses that he shot Joan. Ravic goes to Joan at the Hotel de Milan and gives her a pain shot, but she later dies in a hospital. At the international hotel, all refugees are forced to show their papers, and Ravic joins the queue with Maurice, knowing that he will be placed in a determent camp. As the Arch of Triumph looms over Paris, Maurice kisses Ravic goodbye.

Cast/Crew:
Ingrid Bergman (Joan Madou)
Charles Boyer (Dr. Ravic)
Charles Laughton ([von] Haake)
Louis Calhern ([Maurice] Morosow)
Roman Bohnen (Dr. Veber)
J. Edward Bromberg (Hotel Manager at the Verdun)
Ruth Nelson (Madame Fessler)
Stephen Bekassy (Alex)
Alvin Hammer (Milan porter)
Curt Bois (Tattooed waiter)
Art Smith (Inspector)

Director: Lewis Milestone
Release Date: March 1948
Premiere Information: World premieres in Palm Beach and Miami Beach, Florida: 17 Feb 1948
Production Date: 15 Jul--7 Nov 1946 at Enterprise Studios addl scenes early--mid Nov in New York City, late Dec and mid-Jan--6 Feb 1947 at Enterprise Studios.
Duration (in mins): 119-120
Alternate Title: Erich Maria Remarque's Arch of Triumph
Production Company: Arch of Triumph, Inc.
Company: Lewis Milestone

Distribution Company: United Artists Corp.
Country: United States

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