The Battle (1934)

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.

Directed by: Nicolas Farkas

Cast: Charles Boyer, Merle Oberon, John Loder, Betty Stockfeld, Henri Fabert, Miles Mander, Valéry Inkijinoff

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Rating: 6/10

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