Port Arthur (film)

Port Arthur (French: Port-Arthur) is a 1936 war drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and starring Anton Walbrook, Danielle Darrieux and Charles Vanel. 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. 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.

Port Arthur
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	Société des Productions Cinématographiques F.C.L. Tobis Film Slavia
Distributed by	Films Sonores Tobis
Release dates	7 December 1936 (1936-12-07) (Germany) 11 December 1936 (1936-12-11) (France)
Running time	83 minutes
Countries	France Czechoslovakia Germany
Languages	French Germany

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.

Works cited

• Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786438617.

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.

External links

• French version at IMDb
• German version at IMDb