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I Accuse!
“Based on the celebrated Captain Dreyfus case!”
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
Directed by José Ferrer
66
User score
7 votes
Status
Released
Released
March 5, 1958
Runtime
1h 39m
Language
English
Budget → Revenue
$1.8M → $665.0K
Top cast
José Ferrer
Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Anton Walbrook
Maj. Esterhazy
Viveca Lindfors
Lucie Dreyfus
Leo Genn
Maj. Picquart
Emlyn Williams
Emile Zola
David Farrar
Mathieu Dreyfus
Donald Wolfit
Gen. Mercier
Herbert Lom
Maj. DuPaty de Clam
Harry Andrews
Maj. Henry
Felix Aylmer
Edgar Demange
Peter Illing
Georges Clemenceau
George Coulouris
Colonel Sandherr
Carl Jaffe
Colonel Maximilian von Schwarzkoppen
Eric Pohlmann
Bertillon
John Chandos
Drumont
Ernest Clark
Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
Anthony Ireland
Judge at First Dreyfus Trial
John Phillips
Prosecutor at Esterhazy Trial
Laurence Naismith
Judge at Esterhazy Trial
Michael Hordern
Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
