Prisoner of Honor

Synopsis

"The film documents the events that saw a French Captain, Alfred Dreyfus, sent to Devil's Island for espionage near the end of the nineteenth century. Colonel Georges Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss) is given the job of justifying Dreyfus' sentence. Instead, he discovers that Dreyfus (Kenneth Colley), a Jew, was merely a convenient scapegoat for the actions of the true culprit, a member of the French General staff. His attempt to right the wrong sees his military career ended and the famous French author, Emile Zola (Martin Friend), found guilty of libel." [Wikipedia]

Genre

Historical

Released

1991

Location

Europe

Period

Last decade of the 19th century and first decade of the 20th after French military officer of Jewish descent convicted of treason in 1894; The Dreyfus affair;

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