Top Cast
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Anton Walbrook
Boris Ranewsky
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Karin Hardt
Youki, Boris's wife
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René Deltgen
Ivamoura, Youki's brother
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Paul Hartmann
Wossidlow
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Werner Pledath
Novitzki
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Ferdinand Classen
Li Hung
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Hugo Werner-Kahle
General Stoessel
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Fritz Klippel
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Foun-Sen
Overview
Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky marries Youki, the sister of a fanatical Japanese officer, but war is imminent.
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