Wheel of Ashes (1968)
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.
- Date of release
- 1968-08-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Peter Emanuel Goldman
Casting
- Pierre Clémenti — Pierre
- Katinka Bo — Anka
- Pierre Basançon — David
- Juliet Berto — Girl Playing Pinball 1
- Stasia Gelber — Girl Playing Pinball 2
- Judith Malina — Crazy Woman Preaching
- Ted Joans — Jazz Poet
- David Cortez Medalla — Sculptor
- David Allen
- Eliane Branger
- Karin Bogh
- Marika Perroli
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