Nov 04, 1899
13 min
Full-HD

The Dreyfus Affair (1899)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

France

Companies

Star Film

Georges Méliès

Fernand Labori

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