Port Arthur (1936)
1h 21m
Running Time
December 7, 1936Release Date
Plot.
Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky marries Youki, the sister of a fanatical Japanese officer, but war is imminent.
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Cast & Crew.
Karin Hardt
Youki, Boris's wife
Adolf Wohlbrück
Boris Ranewsky
Danielle Darrieux
Youki, Boris's wife
René Deltgen
Ivamoura, Youki's brother
Charles Vanel
Commander Vassidloff
Paul Hartmann
Wossidlow
Werner Pledath
Novitzki
Jean Appert
Actor
Ferdinand Classen
Li Hung
Nicolas Farkas
Director
Hugo Werner-Kahle
General Stoessel
Henri Decoin
Writer
Pierre Frondaie
Writer
Arnold Lipp
Writer
Steve Passeur
Writer
Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Georg Krause
Director of Photography
Kurt Heuser
Writer
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
J. A. Holman
Assistant Director
Hermann Storr
Sound
Jaroslav Tuzar
Director of Photography
Štěpán Kopecký
Production Design
Hans Klaehr
Writer
Details.
Wiki.
Port Arthur (French: Port-Arthur) is a 1936 war drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and starring Anton Walbrook, Danielle Darrieux and Charles Vanel. It was a co-production between France, Czechoslovakia and Germany. Separate versions were produced in French and German, with Walbrook starring in both versions. The film was based on a novel of the same title by Pierre Frondaie. It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in Prague. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Lochakoff, Stepán Kopecký and Vladimir Meingard. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin on 7 December 1936 and had its Paris opening four days later.