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The Battle (1934)

The Battle (1934)

Drama Romance War

HE COMMANDED HER TO LOVE ANOTHER MAN!

Release Date: 1934, May 11
Directors: Viktor Tourjansky, Nicolas Farkas
Countries: France, United Kingdom
Production: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, Liano Films
Cast: Valéry Inkijinoff, Charles Boyer, Merle Oberon, Miles Mander, John Loder, Betty Stockfeld, Henri Fabert

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book tragedy imperial japanese navy japan husband wife relationship seduction romantic triangle hara-kiri japanese nationalist british military observer secret report