FRANCE · 1899

L’Affaire Dreyfus

Georges Méliès
European Art Cinema antisemitism judicial injustice military corruption political censorship wrongful conviction
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The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer was falsely convicted of treason, and it was alleged that he was framed due to anti-semitism.

Year1899
CountryFrance
DirectorGeorges Méliès
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