Summaries

The Battle is a 1934 Franco-British co-production English language drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and Viktor Tourjansky, and starring Charles Boyer, Merle Oberon and John Loder. It was adapted from a novel by Claude Farrère. In 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War, a Japanese naval officer gets his wife to seduce a British atachee in order to gain secrets from him. Things begin to go wrong when she instead falls in love with him.

Details

Keywords
  • grief
  • shame
  • russo japanese war
  • hari kari
  • forced infidelity
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • War
Release date Jul 31, 1934
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United Kingdom France
Language English
Production companies Gaumont British Picture Corporation

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 23m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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