Dreyfus (1930 film)
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Director Richard Oswald Duration Story by Bruno Weil Country Weimar Republic | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama, History Running time 1h 55m Language German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Heinz Goldberg , Fritz Wendhausen , Bruno Weil Release date 1930 Screenplay Fritz Wendhausen, Heinz Goldberg Cast Fritz Kortner (Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus), Grete Mosheim (Lucie Dreyfus, seine Frau), Heinrich George (Émile Zola), Albert Bassermann (Oberst Picquart), Oskar Homolka (Major Ferdinand Walsin-Esterházy), Fritz Rasp (Major du Paty de Clam)Related Richard Oswald movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dreyfus was a 1930 German drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Fritz Kortner, Grete Mosheim and Heinrich George.
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It portrays the Dreyfus affair and is based on a novel by Bruno Weil. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Schroedter and Hermann Warm. In the United States the film was released under the alternative title The Dreyfus Case.
The film was remade the following year in Britain with Cedric Hardwicke in the title role.
Synopsis
In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accused of espionage. Found guilty of treason he is drummed out of the army and sent to prison on Devil's Island. His family take up the case of the wronged officer, as does the writer Emile Zola who believes the original investigation was marred by anti-Semitism. Eventually the true culprit Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy is exposed.
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