

"He'll hold you in silence as deep as your emotions!"
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
Emile Zola

Lucie Dreyfus

Capt. Alfred Dreyfus

Alexandrine Zola

Maitre Labori

Nana

Charpentier

Colonel Picquart

Anatole France

Major Dort

Commander of Paris

Major Walsin-Esterhazy

Paul Cezanne

Georges Clemenceau

Chief of Staff

Colonel Henry

M. Delagorgue

Minister of War

Colonel Sandherr

Assistant Chief of Staff

M. Cavaignac

M. Van Cassell

Mr. Richards

Helen Richards

Madame Zola

Pierre Dreyfus

Jeanne Dreyfus
(uncredited)
