The Battle
5.8
“HE COMMANDED HER TO LOVE ANOTHER MAN!”
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.
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Cast
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Charles Boyer
Captain Yorisaka
Known for
Gaslight
The Earrings of Madame de...
Merle Oberon
Mitsuko Yorisaka
Known for
Wuthering Heights
The Lodger
John Loder
Commander Fergan
Known for
Sabotage
How Green Was My Valley
Betty Stockfeld
Betty Hockley
Also in
Club de femmes
Edward and Caroline
Valéry Inkijinoff
Hirata Takamuri
Known for
Storm Over Asia
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Miles Mander
Felze
Known for
Murder, My Sweet
The Pleasure Garden
Henri Fabert
The Admiral
Also in
White as snow
Chacun porte sa croix
Viktor Tourjansky Director · Nicolas Farkas Director Robert Stevenson Writer
United States release November 22, 1934 · Produced in United Kingdom, France · Production Liano Films
Production
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Production
Liano Films
Production
United Kingdom · France
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · March 31, 1934
Premiere
France · June 5, 1934
Theatrical
United States · November 22, 1934
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York preview; subsequently picked up by United Artists Corp. for nationwide release.
Austria
May 11, 1934 · Theatrical · Europa - Film, Wien Neubaugasse 11
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