First Broadcast on ARTE

Monday, 09.08.2025 10:25 pm
Online from 09.08. until 12.06 on arte.tv

In his second major international success, “Arc de Triomphe,” author Erich Maria Remarque drew on his own experiences in exile and his momentous encounter with Marlene Dietrich.
From Paris and Antibes to Los Angeles and New York, the documentary reconstructs the moving story behind this highly autobiographical novel, which is now considered a key work of European exile literature—and the literary legacy of the long-standing passion between two global stars.

A film by Hedwig Schmutte and Rolf Lambert
A production from Along Mekong Productions, Heidelberg,
in coproduction with NDR and ARTE