Port Arthur [French version]

Country

Czechoslovakia, France

Copyright

1936

Production year

1936

Premiere

22 January 1937

Runtime

88 min

Director

Nicolas Farkas, Pierre O'Connell (francouzská dialogová režie)

Category

film

Genre

melodrama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Port Arthur [francouzská verze]

Czech title

Port Arthur [francouzská verze]

English title

Port Arthur [French version]

Parallel title

Port-Arthur

Synopsis

It is 1904 - the eve of the Russian-Japanese war. The Russian naval officer Boris Ranevský marries the Japanese girl Youki. News of Youki's wedding angers her brother Iva Moura who is head of intelligence in Port Arthur. After the war breaks out he then persuades his sister to work with him. Youki refuses but she does not tell her husband about their conversation. When her meeting with her brother is discovered, she finds herself suspected of espionage. With the help of Youki's maid, Iva steals Russian war plans from Boris's safe. He is captured and, during the interrogation, tells them that his sister helped him. Youki is arrested and is to be executed. She is saved by the capitulation of the Russian general Stössel, the executions are suspended and Youki is released. The girl is desparate to find Boris whom she finally tracks down on the deck of a torpedo destroyer. Boris is entrusted to take some Russian flags to safety, however, he is unable to break through the ring surrounding them and therefore orders the boat to be sunk. Death awaits him in the officer's cabin, together with Youki whose love and devotion finally convinces him of her innocence.

Note

The negative KDN-A and copy KK-N (only 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th part) are preserved in the ARCHIVES DU FILM du C. N. C. KDN-A 2367,0 m and KK-A are preserved in the GOSFILMOFOND OF RUSSIA, Belye Stolby. This co-production was filmed in Czechoslovakia in its German and French versions only. The French première was held already on the 10th of December 1936 in Paris in cinema Marignon.

Cast

Adolf Wohlbrück

poručík Boris Ranevský

Danielle Darrieux /ž/

Youki, Borisova žena

Charles Vanel

šéf japonské špionáže Iva Moura

Jean Max

ruský velitel Vosidlov

Charles Vareille

kapitán Novitzki

Jean Worms

generál Stössel

Jean Appert

Jean Dax

René Fleur

Philippe Richard

Jean Marconi

Ky-Duyen

Crew and creators

Director

Nicolas Farkas, Pierre O'Connell (francouzská dialogová režie)

Assistant Director

J. A. Holman

Based on

Pierre Frondaie (Port-Arthur – román)

Screenplay

Henri Decoin, Nicolas Farkas, Arnold Lipp, Steve Passeur

Set Designer

Arnold Reimann

Sound Designer

Josef Zora

Production Manager

J. A. Holman, Pierre O'Connell

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Otakar Jeremiáš

Music Performed by

Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Otakar Jeremiáš)

Production info

Original Title

Port Arthur [francouzská verze]

Czech Title

Port Arthur [francouzská verze]

English Title

Port Arthur [French version]

Parallel Title

Port-Arthur

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

melodrama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia, France

Copyright

1936

Production Year

1936

Production specifications

start of filming 20 July 1936
end of filming 30 November 1936
date of censorship 01/1937

Premiere

premiere abroad 10 December 1936 (kino Marignon, Paříž, Francie)
premiere 22 January 1937 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Juliš /1 týden/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Slavia-film

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

88 min

Original length in metres

2 500 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

French

Dialogue languages

French

Subtitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

French