Port Arthur (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Port Arthur

| image =File:Port Arthur (film).jpg

| caption =

| based_on = Port Arthur by Pierre Frondaie

| narrator =

| editing =Roger Mercanton
Carl Forcht

| studio = Société des Productions Cinématographiques F.C.L.
Tobis Film
Slavia

| released = {{Film date|1936|12|07|Germany|1936|12|11|France|df=y}}

| runtime = 83 minutes

| country = France
Czechoslovakia
Germany

| language = French
Germany

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Port Arthur (French: Port-Arthur) is a 1936 war drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and starring Anton Walbrook, Danielle Darrieux and Charles Vanel.Bessy & Chirat p.183 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.Goble p.168 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.

Cast

The film was shown in the United States at the Apollo Theater in October 1941.{{sfn|Waldman|2008|p=273}}

{{cite book|last=Waldman |first=Harry |title=Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942 |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=2008 |isbn=9780786438617}}

Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.