Release Date

04 Jan, 1935

Runtime

01:20: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Before the Battle is the English-language title of this espionage melodrama. The first half of the film takes place aboard a French cruising ship, steaming through dangerous waters during WWI. Among the passengers is heroine Jeanne (Annabella), who was once in love with first-officer D'Artelles (Robert Vidalin) but he now seems strangely preoccupied. It turns out that the ship is on a secret mission, which ultimately dooms the vessel to a Lusitania-like death. After the sinking, Captain De Corlaix (Victor Francen) faces a court-martial, and it is at this point that the film clarifies several baffling plot points. Despite its complexity, the story is fairly believable, with the exception of the grafted-on romantic subplot.

Original Title

Veille d'armes

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Actors

Annabella

Victor Francen

Gabriel Signoret

Pierre Renoir

Rosine Deréan

Robert Vidalin

Roland Toutain

Jean Dunot

Maurice Baquet

Léon Arvel

Raymond Narlay

Lucien Walter

Crew

Marcel L'Herbier

Marcel L'Herbier

Lucien Nepoty

Jules Kruger

Marc Fossard

Ève Francis

Claude Farrère

Charles Spaak