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Prisoners of Honor (1991)

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Film details

Featuring

Richard Dreyfuss Oliver Reed Peter Firth
Country

USA
Year

1991
Genre

Biopic
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Prisoners of Honour Working
Prisoner of Honor Alternative
Une Affaire D'honneur Alternative

Synopsis

Lt. Col. Picquart, a bigoted aristocrat, is the key figure in the Dreyfus affair, one of the most important political scandals in history. After Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for espionage, the anti-Semitic Picquart discovers his innocence. After finding documents which incriminate the loyal Dreyfus as a traitor to his country have been falsified by his own superiors, he is torn between loyalty to his army and his obligation to the truth. He finds the courage to challenge the massive government cover-up, and eventually secure Dreyfus' release- but at a price... [In-Motion Pictures limited]

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Colonel Georges Picquart
    
    Richard Dreyfuss
  - General Boisdeffre
    
    Oliver Reed
  - Major Henry
    
    Peter Firth
  - cast member
    
    Brian Blessed
  - cast member
    
    Jeremy Kemp
  - cast member
    
    Peter Vaughan
  - Captain Alfred Dreyfus
    
    Kenneth Colley
  - cast member
    
    Catherine Neilson
  - Minister of War
    
    Lindsay Anderson
  - Major Esterhazy
    
    Patrick Ryecart
  - Mme Dreyfus
    
    Judith Paris
  - cast member
    
    Oliver Haden
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Ken Russell
  - ©
    
    Home Box Office
  - Production Company
    
    Etude
  - Presented by
    
    HBO Pictures
  - Producer
    
    Richard Dreyfuss
  - Producer
    
    James, Judith Rutherford
  - Co-producer
    
    Steven Nalevansky
  - Co-producer
    
    Michael Bendix
  - Co-producer
    
    Colin Callender
  - Line Producer
    
    Ronaldo Vasconcellos
  - Director of Photography
    
    Mike Southon
  - [Camera Assistant]
    
    Damien Bromley
  - Editor
    
    Mia Goldman
  - Editor
    
    Brian Tagg
  - Production Designer
    
    Ian Whittaker
  - Art Director
    
    Frank Walsh
  - Costume Supervisor
    
    Louise Page
  - Sound
    
    Bruce White
  - Studio
    
    Pinewood Studios

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