Port Arthur | |
Director: | Nicolas Farkas |
Producer: | Pierre O'Connell |
Based On: | Port Arthur by Pierre Frondaie |
Starring: | Anton Walbrook Danielle Darrieux Charles Vanel |
Music: | Otakar Jeremiás |
Cinematography: | Otto Heller Georg Krause Jaroslav Tuzar |
Editing: | Roger Mercanton Carl Forcht |
Studio: | Société des Productions Cinématographiques F.C.L. Tobis Film Slavia |
Distributor: | Films Sonores Tobis |
Runtime: | 83 minutes |
Country: | France Czechoslovakia Germany |
Language: | French Germany |
Port Arthur (French: Port-Arthur) is a 1936 war drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and starring Anton Walbrook, Danielle Darrieux and Charles Vanel.[1] 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.[2] 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.
The film was shown in the United States at the Apollo Theater in October 1941.