PORT ARTHUR (1936 GERMAN-LANGUAGE FILM)

Port Arthur
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 (Germany); 11 December 1936 (France);
Running time	83 minutes
Countries	France ; Czechoslovakia ; Germany
Languages	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.

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