A stripped-down account of a young man's existential reckoning. "As dust hides a mirror, lust hides the self," reads one of the film's Vedanta-sourced intertitles. And indeed, while the Pierre Clementi protagonist's inner life remains obscure, the Saint-Germain-des-Pres neighborhood that offers his temptations appears in harrowing detail.
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Pierre Clémenti as Pierre
Katinka Bo as Anka
Pierre Basançon as David
Juliet Berto as Girl Playing Pinball 1
Stasia Gelber as Girl Playing Pinball 2
Judith Malina as Crazy Woman Preaching
Ted Joans as Jazz Poet
David Cortez Medalla as Sculptor
Peter Emanuel Goldman Director
Peter Emanuel Goldman Writer
Hugh A. Robertson Music
Joële Van Effenterre Editor
Philippe Shepherd Assistant Director
Michel Fauré Sound
Jean-Pierre Pichon Sound Mixer
Yves Allard Electrician
Pierre-William Glenn Camera Operator
Peter Emanuel Goldman Camera Operator
Stephanie Griscelli Still Photographer
Anne-Marie Lallement Script Supervisor
Stephen Ujlaki Production Director
Tristan Burgess Director of Photography
Tristan Burgess Camera Operator
Roue de cendres Trailer
Колесо попелу Trailer
Denmark 15 September 1969
France 10 May 1969
Italy 01 August 1968
United States 02 June 1970
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Peter Emanuel Goldman's second feature film shot in Paris in 1968 Wheel of Ashes (1968) 16mm -- 95min -- France -- subtitles in French English & German ...
Wheel of Ashes full hd movie trailer.
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02 April 1968
A group of Northern vigilantes, roaming the post Civil War south, attack and kill the fiancee of war veteran Brian, who is rescued by his friend, Daniel.
13 March 1968
Adaptation of a short story by Michał Lermontow. Forces stationed in the Caucasus. Lieutenant Wulicz is a fatalist.
01 September 1968
Forced behind British lines by engine problems, the Red Baron camouflages his plane, swaps uniforms with a dead soldier, and, posing as a Belgian, makes his way to a hospital.
01 January 1968
Judge Chandrasekharam is very kind and helpful to the relatives of the culprits. His wife dies after giving birth to a baby boy.
15 August 1968
Vellaiya is falsely accused of murder. On the other hand, Rani, a rich girl, struggles after the sudden demise of her father.
01 January 1968
Three identical prints of a single 100 foot fixed-camera take are shown from beginning to end-roll light-flare, with a few feet of blackness preceding/bridging/following the rolls.
01 January 1968
"In my film I suggest that there is no greater mystery than that of the protagonists. War and Love are simply equated for what they are; the aftermath is inevitable, and a normal human condition, for which like the ancients one can only have pity and understanding.
22 April 1968
Captain Talat and Necip work in charge of the security chief Mansur Pasa. Talat fancies Necip's cousin Cemile.
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