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The Imperial Road is a french film of genre Drama directed by Marcel L'Herbier with Käthe von Nagy
The Imperial Road (1935)
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Add to a movie listLa Route impériale ("the imperial road") is a 1935 French film directed by Marcel L'Herbier. It combines a romantic drama with a military adventure story, set against the contemporary background of British operations against a rebellion in the kingdom of Iraq.
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In the Kingdom of Iraq in 1935, British troops are stationed to protect the convoy route to India from rebel incursions. After spending three years in under-cover activities in the region, Lieutenant Brent, a British officer, has fallen under suspicion of treacherous dealings with the enemy but has been cleared by a military tribunal. He joins the garrison in Iraq commanded by Colonel Stark, but is embarrassed to meet there his former lover, Joyce, who is now the colonel's wife. During an operation to recapture the rebel stronghold of Ksour, Brent is inadvertently compromised with Joyce, and when he and her brother Dan attempt to protect her reputation, Brent becomes suspected of treason by the cynical Major Hudson. Brent escapes during a rebel attack, and using his experience to infiltrate the enemy fortress he disables its armaments and facilitates its capture.Actors
Käthe von Nagy
(Joyce)
Pierre Richard-Willm
(Brent)
Jaque-Catelain
(Dan)
Pierre Renoir
(Major Hudson)
Aimé Clariond
(Colonel Stark)
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