Dreyfus

Dreyfus

92 mins | Drama, History | April 18, 1931

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.

Dreyfus

92 mins | Drama, History | April 18, 1931

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.
Producers British International Pictures
Original title Dreyfus
Directors F. W. Kraemer, John Harlow, Milton Rosmer
Writers Wilhelm Herzog, Hans Rehfisch, Reginald Berkeley, Walter C. Mycroft

Cast

Cedric Hardwicke

as Captain Alfred Dreyfus

Charles Carson

as Colonel Georges Picquart

George Merritt

as Émile Zola

Sam Livesey

as Fernand Labori

Beatrix Thomson

as Lucie Dreyfus

Garry Marsh

as Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy

Henry Caine

as Colonel Hubert-Joseph Henry

George Skillan

as Major Armand du Paty de Clam

Leonard Shepherd

as Georges Clemenceau

Arthur Hardy

as General Auguste Mercier

Gerald Kay Souper

as General Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre

Alexander Sarner

as Matthieu Dreyfus

Frederick Leister

as Edgar Demange

J. Fisher White

as General Georges-Gabriel de Pellieux

Abraham Sofaer

as Dubois

J. Leslie Frith

as Alphonse Bertillon

Violet Howard

as Marguerite

Reginald Dance

as President, Zola Trial

George Zucco

as Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac

Nigel Barrie

as Captain Jules Lauth

Randle Ayrton

as President, Dreyfus Court Martial

Winifred Evans

as Esterhazy's Admirer

Judith Gick

as Esterhazy's Admirer

Ralph Richardson

as Extra