Wheel of Ashes (1970)

  • NR
  • 06/02/1970 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 35m

Overview

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.

Peter Emmanuel Goldman

Director, Writer

Cast

Pierre Clémenti's headshot

Pierre Clémenti

Pierre
Katinka Bo's headshot

Katinka Bo

Anka
Pierre Basançon's headshot

Pierre Basançon

David
Juliet Berto's headshot

Juliet Berto

Girl Playing Pinball 1
Stasia Gelber's headshot

Stasia Gelber

Girl Playing Pinball 2
Judith Malina's headshot

Judith Malina

Crazy Woman Preaching
Ted Joans's headshot

Ted Joans

Jazz Poet
David Cortez Medalla's headshot

David Cortez Medalla

Sculptor

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