Port Arthur (French: Port-Arthur) is a 1936 war drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and starring Anton Walbrook, Danielle Darrieux and Charles Vanel.Bessy & Chirat p.183 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.Goble p.168 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.
Cast French version
Anton Walbrook as Boris Ranewsky Danielle Darrieux as Youki, Boris's wife Charles Vanel as Commander Vassidloff Jean-Max as Ivamoura, Youki's brother Jean Worms as Commander Novitzki Foun-Sen as La servante Jean Appert Jean Dax Ky Duyen René Fleur Jean Marconi Pierre Nay Philippe Richard
German version
Anton Walbrook as Boris Ranewsky Karin Hardt as Youki - Boris's Wife René Deltgen as Ivamoura - Youki's Brother Paul Hartmann as Wossidlow Werner Pledath as Novitzki Ferdinand Classen as Li Hung Hugo Werner-Kahle as General Stoessel Fritz Klippel as Adjutant Foun-Sen as Dienerin Alma Wilhelm König Karl Meixner Karl Morvilius Erich Nadler Theodore Rocholl
Release The film was shown in the United States at the Apollo Theater in October 1941.
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Works cited
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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