I Accuse!

1958
Approved
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

In 1894 France, a Jewish officer in the French Army is falsely accused of spying for Germany.In 1894 France, a Jewish officer in the French Army is falsely accused of spying for Germany.In 1894 France, a Jewish officer in the French Army is falsely accused of spying for Germany.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

772

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos13

More like this

7.4

6.6

7.1

6.8

6.8

6.6

7.3

6.6

6.8

The Benny Goodman Story

6.6

Pillow to Post

6.9

The Great Man

6.7

Wake Island

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
This movie was not shot in widescreen. It was converted to CinemaScope in the final print after having been shot in standard Academy ratio, much like some movies, which are "matted" after having been shot in Academy ratio. The process used was contemporary of SuperScope and a forerunner of Super 35. It was filmed using spherical lenses at an aspect ratio of 1.37:1. In the printing process, the images were cropped to a height of two perforations, giving them an aspect ratio of 2.36:1. The images were then stretched vertically to a height of four perforations, at which point they conformed to the standard CinemaScope-2 format.

Quotes
Émile Zola: This Esterhazy is one of the most glorious liars that ever drew breath. Why, the authority of it, the poise; the man's a genius!

Crazy credits
[Scrolling Prologue] In 1894 Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army officer, stood before a military tribunal accused of treason. The outcome of this trial, a trial that created an international sensation, is a brave chapter in the history of France, that nation which first proclaimed the Rights of Man.

User reviews15

Review

Featured review

6/10

MORE HISTORY LESSON THAN FILM...!

A film based on the infamous Dreyfus Affair wherein a French soldier is convicted & imprisoned for a crime he did not commit & eventually due to the protestations of the populace & the well known writer Emile Zola, he was eventually acquitted. Directed by & starring Jose Ferrer, this heart in its right place account of the trials & tribulations of this railroaded individual comes off as a rather important history lesson then an affecting drama. There was a version done on HBO in the 90's called Prisoner of Honor (directed by Ken Russell) which tackled the same subject matter & I remember the result was about the same. It may be a case of the trial being more of a cause celebre outside this country which may leave American viewers a bit on the periphery where we agree the stakes are obvious & noble but w/o a frame of reference ultimately we kind of shrug it off. Perhaps a French version (much like Cyrano de Bergerac w/Gerard Depardieu for me is the consummate version of the tale while the 50's version also w/Ferrer which he won the Oscar for is pretty good but not as good as its foreign language descendant) will do the trick.