The Silent Battle (French: La bataille silencieuse) is a 1937 French thriller film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Käthe von Nagy, Pierre Fresnay and Michel Simon.The A to Z of French Cinema p.174 The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. It was remade as a British film of the same title in 1939.
Synopsis A journalist on the trail of a group of arms smugglers becomes aware of an impending attack on the Orient Express.
Cast Käthe von Nagy as Draguicha Pierre Fresnay as Bordier Michel Simon as Sauvin Abel Tarride as Bartoff Renée Corciade as L'américaine Pierre Sergeol as Fernando Geno Ferny as Ernest Ernest Ferny as Méricant Albert Gercourt as Sanneman Pierre Huchet as Le sécretaire André Alerme as Le directeur du journal
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Bibliography Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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