Schindler's List
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Dreyfus
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.
The story
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.
Cast
Cedric HardwickeCaptain Alfred Dreyfus
Charles CarsonColonel Georges Picquart
George MerrittÉmile Zola
Sam LiveseyFernand Labori
Beatrix ThomsonLucie Dreyfus
Garry MarshMajor Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
Henry CaineColonel Hubert-Joseph Henry
George SkillanMajor Armand du Paty de Clam
Leonard ShepherdGeorges Clemenceau
Arthur HardyGeneral Auguste Mercier
Gerald Kay SouperGeneral Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre
Alexander SarnerMatthieu Dreyfus
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Frederick LeisterEdgar Demange
J. Fisher WhiteGeneral Georges-Gabriel de Pellieux
Abraham SofaerDubois
J. Leslie FrithAlphonse Bertillon
Violet HowardMarguerite
Reginald DancePresident, Zola Trial
George ZuccoJacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac
Nigel BarrieCaptain Jules Lauth
Randle AyrtonPresident, Dreyfus Court Martial
Winifred EvansEsterhazy's Admirer
Judith GickEsterhazy's Admirer
Ralph RichardsonExtra
Oliver RaphaelCaptain Lauth
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