I Accuse!

I Accuse!

99 mins | Drama, History | March 5, 1958

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.

I Accuse!

99 mins | Drama, History | March 5, 1958

I Accuse!
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
Original title I Accuse!
Directors Otto Plaschkes, José Ferrer
Writers Nicholas Halasz, Gore Vidal

Cast

José Ferrer

as Captain Alfred Dreyfus

Adolf Wohlbrück

as Maj. Esterhazy

Viveca Lindfors

as Lucie Dreyfus

Leo Genn

as Maj. Picquart

Emlyn Williams

as Emile Zola

David Farrar

as Mathieu Dreyfus

Donald Wolfit

as Gen. Mercier

Herbert Lom

as Maj. DuPaty de Clam

Harry Andrews

as Maj. Henry

Felix Aylmer

as Edgar Demange

Peter Illing

as Georges Clemenceau

George Coulouris

as Colonel Sandherr

Carl Jaffe

as Colonel Maximilian von Schwarzkoppen

Eric Pohlmann

as Bertillon

John Chandos

as Drumont

Ernest Clark

as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial

Anthony Ireland

as Judge at First Dreyfus Trial

John Phillips

as Prosecutor at Esterhazy Trial

Laurence Naismith

as Judge at Esterhazy Trial

Michael Hordern

as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial

Keith Pyott

as Judge at Second Dreyfus Trial

Ronald Howard

as Captain Avril

Charles Gray

as Captain Brossard

Arthur Howard

as Captain Lauth

Michael Trubshawe

as English Publisher

Violet Gould

as Old Woman

Malcolm Keen

as President of France

Rachel Lemkov

as Captain Dreyfus' Daughter