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Sacrifice of Honor
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.
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Cast
![Annabella](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//gsuec04s5ymZrvvzCSWkxngl7pF.jpg)
![Victor Francen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//gncHTpgnqCnoxxMOKPFB6fe6n4i.jpg)
![Gabriel Signoret](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//rYoVEOVHlFKihPI10EhPRIgdomC.jpg)
![Pierre Renoir](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//1cyQDcUyJuBrbdFWkBqrZjo0DwJ.jpg)
![Rosine Deréan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//4yqRB2mdBB6i9IC9HnO4JSqtLr1.jpg)