Out of the Ashes
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Movie Reviews of Out of the Ashes
Movie Review: Mesmerizing
Summary: 5 Stars
I have studied the Holocaust for many years and this is one of the best movies I've seen. Out of the Ashes is a true story of Dr. Gisella Perl, a gynecologist who was sent to Auschwitz and forced to work along side Dr. Josef Mengele, the most vicious of all the doctors of death. You can absolutely feel Dr. Perl's pain all through this movie and Christine Lahti does an absolutely wonderful job portraying her. This movie will move you beyond words, truly it will. To think that one human being devised so much hate as to destroy so many precious people. This is not one movie I will soon forget. Dr. Perl wrote a book detailing her experiences but it is not very available and the copies that are available are priced almost beyond reach. This movie is one you should see so as not to forget there are people in the world who hate so much and that we should never become like them.Movie Review: A Powerful Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
A touching and powerful movie based on the true story of a doctor's plight in the Auschwitz death camp. You can almost feel this woman's terror and despair as she and her family were herded to the Nazi death camps. Once there, the doctor had to witness innumerable atrocities that would haunt her forever. Only her will to survive, and her desire to help other women kept her alive. And yet, even though she had courageously made it through the nightmare and ultimately found her freedom in America, she had to go through yet another ordeal when a government panel all but accused her of wrongdoing at Auschwitz and tried to ban her from practicing medicine in the United States.
This is a must see movie that will stay with you forever.
Movie Review: A double tragedy...
Summary: 5 Stars
"Out of the Ashes" is a gripping true story of a Jewish female obstetrician who survived the Holocaust, and saved the lives of hundreds of female prisoners, only to be savaged when she finally emigrated to the United States by both a bureaucratic system and latent anti-semitism among the commissioners who reviewed her application for citizenship to enable her to practice here. Difficult to watch at times due to content, despite the fact that it won an Oscar for cinematography, the truth is often tough to swallow. It is the story of a woman who became a doctor over parental objections, who aborted hundreds of women to save them from Nazi extermination, and who survived only to be savaged when she finally made it to the U.S.Movie Review: Christine Lathi Gives A Moving and Powerful Performance
Summary: 5 Stars
This made-for-tv movie by Showtime is based on the autobiography of Dr. Gisella Perl, a Holocaust Survivor who lost her husband, her son, and along with her entire family when they were deported to Auschwitz from Hungary in 1944. Ms. Lahti give a powerful pand moving erformance portraying Dr. Perl who risked her life to secretly perform abortions on expectant mothers to save them from being sent to the gas chambers at Auschwitz only to have her actions questioned later on when she is attempting to gain citizenship and be able to practice medicine in America. Ms. Lahti turns in an outstanding performance and this is one movie not to be missed.Movie Review: Honest But Brief Review
Summary: 5 Stars
If you watch Holocaust films and similar documentaries, you will find this particular film very interesting. Extraordinary visualizations of the era and brilliantly acted out. Others films on the subject I find extremely interesting are Diary of Ann Frank as seen on PBS (the best of them all), The Boy in Striped Pajamas, Holocaust by Merril Streep, Sophie's Choice, and Memories of the Camp. Bring tissues for your tear-soaked eyes after watching these brilliant, unforgetable, life changing, defining moments kind of films.