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Prisoner Of Honor

1991, Movie, PG, 88 mins

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Apparently tickled pink to be playing historical personages in a prestigious cable-TV production, the cast declaim like highschoolers at a regional Shakespeare competition. In 1895, Captain Dreyfuss (Kenneth Colley) is convicted of treason by a French Military Tribunal; stripped of his rank, he's shipped off to Devil’s Island. To tie up the loose ends of a hasty trial, General Boisdeffre (Oliver Reed) relies on ambitious officer Captain Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss), but ins... read more leave a comment
Russell's account of the Dreyfus Affair, a military case involving anti-Semitism in 19th century France.
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Length: 01:18
Posted: 3/17/2008
The True Story of the Scandal That Shocked the World From the Oscar Nominated Director of WOMEN IN LOVE and ALTERED STATES At the close of the 19th Century, French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason, stripped of his rank in a humiliating ceremony and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devils Island. But upon further investigation by Colonel Georges Picquart (a powerful performance by Oscar-winner Richard Dreyfuss), a high-level conspiracy was uncovered that may have condemned an innocent man. For the next decade, Picquart would risk his career and his life to expose the truth behind The Dreyfus Affair, the shocking saga of anti-Semitism and treason that divided France, set the stage for the First World War and became one of the most notorious cases of criminal injustice in history. Oliver Reed (GLADIATOR, THE THREE MUSKETEERS) and Peter Firth (EQUUS, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER) co-star in this acclaimed drama directed by Ken Russell and co-produced by Richard Dreyfuss th
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Length: 01:28:00
Posted: 11/13/2009
Year: 1991
Rated PG

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Cast
Richard Dreyfuss: Colonel Picquart
Oliver Reed: General Boisdeffre
Kenneth Colley: Captain
Peter Vaughan: General Mercier
Judith Paris: Madame Dreyfuss
Brian Blessed: General Gonse

 

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