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Prisoner of Honor (1991)

Prisoner of Honor (1991)

Drama History TV Movie

As the battle raged, one man fought alone

Release Date: 1991, November 2
Directors: Ken Russell
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Etude, Dreyfuss / James Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Cast: Oliver Reed, Richard Dreyfuss, Kenneth Colley, Peter Vaughan, Brian Blessed, Peter Firth, Jeremy Kemp, Catherine Neilson

Overview:

France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the imprisonment of the Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus after being convicted of espionage in 1894.

Keywords:

biography 19th century france antisemitism government conspiracy state crimes dreyfus affair unjust conviction