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.

Cast (27)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Pierre Clémenti

Pierre

K

Katinka Bo

Anka

P

Pierre Basançon

David

Juliet Berto

Girl Playing Pinball 1

S

Stasia Gelber

Girl Playing Pinball 2

Judith Malina

Crazy Woman Preaching

T

Ted Joans

Jazz Poet

D

David Cortez Medalla

Sculptor

D

David Allen

E

Eliane Branger

K

Karin Bogh

M

Marika Perroli

B

Birgitta Hamau

M

Michelle Passadore

R

Raymond

L

Leonika Wœrdman

C

Colette

R

Richard Stewart

S

Swami Ritajananda

J

Jill Glenn

L

Luke Theodore

M

Mary Mary

A

Anouchka

B

Baby Nepo

T

Tuula Hollmerus

I

Ivan Nabakov

L

Lucie Richoilley

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