Port Arthur | |
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Directed by | Nicolas Farkas |
Written by | Henri Decoin Nicolas Farkas Arnold Lipp Steve Passeur Emeric Pressburger Hans Klaehr Kurt Heuser |
Based on | Port Arthur by Pierre Frondaie |
Produced by | Pierre O'Connell |
Starring | Anton Walbrook Danielle Darrieux Charles Vanel |
Cinematography | Otto Heller Georg Krause Jaroslav Tuzar |
Edited by | Roger Mercanton Carl Forcht |
Music by | Otakar Jeremiás |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Films Sonores Tobis |
Release dates | 7 December 1936 (Germany) 11 December 1936 (France) |
Running time | 83 minutes |
Countries | France Czechoslovakia Germany |
Languages | French Germany |
Port Arthur (French: Port-Arthur) is a 1936 war drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and starring Anton Walbrook, Danielle Darrieux and Charles Vanel.[1] 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.[2] 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.