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I Accuse!

I Accuse!

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 5, 1958

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

61%

Original Title

I Accuse!

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

Director

José Ferrer

Budget

$1,768,000

Revenue

$665,000

Description

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.