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The Silent Battle (1937 film)

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The Silent Battle
Directed byPierre Billon
Written by
Produced byRobert Aisner
Starring
CinematographyLouis Page
Edited byLéonide Azar
Music byLouis Beydts
Production
company
Héraut Film
Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
  • 9 September 1937 (1937-09-09)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Silent Battle (French: La bataille silencieuse) is a 1937 French thriller film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Käthe von Nagy, Pierre Fresnay and Michel Simon.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. It was remade as a British film of the same title in 1939.

Synopsis

A journalist on the trail of a group of arms smugglers becomes aware of an impending attack on the Orient Express.

Cast

References

  1. ^ The A to Z of French Cinema p.174

Bibliography

  • Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.