Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest of Dreyfus

director: Georges Méliès

original title: Affaire Dreyfus, la dictée du bordereau

country: France

year: 1899

running time: 1 min.

synopsis

Eleven unique films about the Dreyfus Affair were made by Georges Méliès in 1899. Two of them have most likely been lost forever. The films could be shown either in their entirety or separately and were conceived as such. It is impossible to understand the content of the films without knowing the context of the famous miscarriage of justice that unfolded for over a decade and whose protagonist was French military officer Alfred Dreyfus.

biography

Georges Méliès (1861-1938) is one of the first independent film directors whose work crystalised the early film genres. He worked on fantasy scenes, adaptations of literary works, fairy tales, as well as socio-critical and political films. His documentary filmmaking is less well known, as a lot of it has not been preserved.

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Georges Méliès

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