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Also known as Battle

1934 film directed by Nicolas Farkas, Viktor Tourjansky

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4.3

In 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, a Japanese naval officer allows his wife to be seduced by a British naval attaché in order to gain access to a secret report he has written, unaware her marital unhappiness has made her vulnerable to falling in love with him. Adapted from a novel by Claude Farrère, and also filmed in a French-language version, LA BATAILLE., q.v.

Released: 1934-05-1183 minDir: Nicolas FarkasWar, Drama, Romance

Cast

  • Charles Boyer as Captain Yorisaka
  • Merle Oberon as Mitsuko Yorisaka
  • John Loder as Commander Fergan
  • Betty Stockfeld as Betty Hockley
  • Valéry Inkijinoff as Hirata Takamuri
  • Miles Mander as Felze

Themes

  • japan
  • husband wife relationship
  • based on novel or book
  • seduction
  • tragedy
  • romantic triangle
  • japanese nationalist
  • hara-kiri
  • imperial japanese navy
  • british military observer

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Ratings

IMDb

5.7/10

51 votes

Year
1934
Runtime
83 min
Genres
Drama, Romance, War

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English language
Screenwriter
Bernard Zimmer
Cinematographer
Roger Hubert
Narrative location
Japan
Duration
90
FilmAffinity ID
951839
Image
Battaglia--934 boyer+annabe.jpg
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publication date
1933-01-01
title
The Battle
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