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FRANCE · 1899
L’Affaire Dreyfus
Synopsis
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.
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France · European Art Cinema
Films with Similar Themes
antisemitism · judicial injustice · military corruption · political censorship · wrongful conviction
