I Accuse!

Overview

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

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

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