DREYFUS AFFAIR, THE {THE DREYFUS CASE} {L'AFFAIRE
DREYFUS}, EPISODE 2 OF 2 {IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH
SUBTITLES} (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:49442. Episode two of this two-part
French-language docudrama produced by ARTE, the
French-German cultural channel which provides
innovative programming for the European community.
This docudrama depicts the mortifying events of the
Dreyfus affair. In episode two, the members of the
general staff cover up Major Esterhazy's traitorous acts
by claiming that all documents in his handwriting are
really clever forgeries that were created by Dreyfus and
the "Jewish League." Meanwhile, Colonel Piquart returns
from an assignment in Turkey to talk with a superior
about Dreyfus's innocence. Piquart soon discovers that
the evidence he gathered to prove his case has been
tampered with and realizes that he himself will soon be
arrested. While in his cell, Piquart works on the
Dreyfus case. In the meantime, various publications are
written in Dreyfus's defense and a former mistress of
Major Esterhazy steps forward with damning evidence
against the true traitor. Then, the writer Emile Zola
creates an article, "I Accuse," against the French
government, and he is eventually brought to trial for
his act. Hoping that this public trial will force the
truth out, Zola is sadly mistaken and is sentenced to a
year in prison. Later, however, a top minister arrives
to examine the evidence against Dreyfus that Major
Henry had falsified. The minister immediately
recognizes that the evidence had been tampered with and
orders that the major be arrested for his criminal acts.
Realizing that his superiors have abandoned him, the
major slits his own throat, but he leaves behind a
letter that delineates the corruption within the French
government. Inevitably, the letter frees Dreyfus from
his unjust imprisonment on Devil's Island. At the end
of the program, the fate of each person involved in the
case is described onscreen. (This program contains
brief nudity.)
(This program is in French with English subtitles.)
Cataloging of this program was made possible
by ARTE, The Cultural Services of the French Embassy,
and the Goethe-Institut New York/German Cultural
Center, 1997.
Details
- NETWORK: ARTE (France)/(Germany)
- DATE: November 30, 1994
- RUNNING TIME: 1:48:06
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:49440
- GENRE: Docudrama; Education/Information
- SUBJECT HEADING: Anti-Semitism; Docudrama; France - History - Drama; International Collection - France; International Collection - Germany
- SERIES RUN: ARTE (France)/(Germany) - TV, 1995
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Yves Boisset … Production (Misc.), A Film by
- Jean-Denis Bredin … Based on the work "L'Affaire" by
- Jorge Semprun … Writer, Scenario et Dialogue by, Adaptation by
- Yves Boisset … Writer, Adaptation by
- Angelique Nachon … Music by
- Jean-Claude Nachon … Music by
- Pierre Arditi … Cast, Esterhazy
- Gerard Desarthe … Cast, DuPaty De Clam
- Christian Brendel … Cast, Picquart
- Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu … Cast, Henry
- Thierry Fremont … Cast, Alfred Dreyfus
- Philippe Volter … Cast, Mathieu Dreyfus
- Georges Wilson … Cast, De Boldeffre
- Laura Morante … Cast, Lucie Dreyfus
- Helmut Berger … Cast, Schwartzkoppen
- Louis Arbessier … Cast, Scheurer-Kestner
- Katerina Brozova … Cast, Marguerite
- Marc De Jonge … Cast, De Pellieux
- Xavier Deluc … Cast, Lucien Herr
- Mathieu Demy … Cast, Marcel Proust
- Francoise Dorner … Cast, Berthe
- Jean-Claude Drouot … Cast, Emile Zola
- Jean-Pol Dubois … Cast, Cavaignac
- Bernard Freyd … Cast, President Cour d'Assise
- Greg Germain … Cast, Bravard
- Jiri Knot … Cast, Gribelin
- Philippe Laudenbach … Cast, Bernard Lazare
- Richard Martin … Cast, Forzinetti
- Francois Marthouret … Cast, Labori
- Daniel Mesguich … Cast, Leon Blum
- Henri Poirier … Cast, Demange, with others