Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes

director: Georges Méliès

original title: Affaire Dreyfus, entrevue de Dreyfus et de sa femme à Rennes

country: France

year: 1899

running time: 1 min.

synopsis

The director chose an episode from Dreyfus' private life, which logically achieved a strong emotional effect. Dreyfus had not seen his wife for four years, which in itself was tragic to the audience. For the first time, the character of the lawyer Labori appears here, played by the director himself, who also sided with the accused in real life. This episode is very important because it shows Méliès as a politically-minded man who was not afraid to express his views in public.

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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director:

Georges Méliès

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