The Battle (1934)

4.3/10 • 83 min • War Drama Romance

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.

Cast

Charles Boyer

Captain Yorisaka

Merle Oberon

Mitsuko Yorisaka

John Loder

Commander Fergan

Betty Stockfeld

Valéry Inkijinoff

Hirata Takamuri

Miles Mander

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