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Prisoner of Honor is a British film of genre Drama directed by Ken Russell released in USA on 2 november 1991 with Richard Dreyfuss
Prisoner of Honor (1991)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 november 1991
Length 1h28
Directed by Ken Russell
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Prison films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism
Rating65%
Prisoner of Honour is a 1991 British dramatic television film made by Warner Bros. Television and distributed by HBO about the Dreyfus Affair. It was directed by Ken Russell and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Oliver Reed and Peter Firth. Dreyfuss co-produced the film with Judith James, from a screenplay by Ron Hutchinson.
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The film documents the events that saw a French Captain, Alfred Dreyfus, sent to Devil's Island for espionage near the end of the nineteenth century. Colonel Georges Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss) is given the job of justifying Dreyfus' sentence. Instead, he discovers that Dreyfus (Kenneth Colley), a Jew, was merely a convenient scapegoat for the actions of the true culprit, a member of the French General staff. His attempt to right the wrong sees his military career ended and the famous French author, Émile Zola (Martin Friend), found guilty of libel.Actors
Richard Dreyfuss
(Col. Picquart)
Oliver Reed
(Gen. de Boisdeffre)
Peter Firth
(Maj. Henry)
Jeremy Kemp
(Gen. de Pellieux)
Brian Blessed
(Gen. Gonse)
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