I Accuse
23/01/1938
2h



After serving in the trenches of World War I, Jean Diaz recoils with such horror that he renounces love and personal pleasure to immerse himself in scientific research, seeking a machine to prevent war. He thinks he has succeeded, but the government subverts his discovery, and Europe slides with seeming inevitability toward World War II. In desperation, Diaz summons the ghosts of the war dead from the graves and fields of France to give silent, accusing protest.
Cast


Victor Francen
Jean Diaz


Line Noro
Edith


Sylvie Gance
Flo


Jean-Max
Henri Chimay


Paul Amiot
A friend of Chimay


Marcel Delaître
François Laurin


Georges Saillard
The doctor


Renée Devillers
Hélène
Barral
A soldier


Jean-Louis Barrault


Lucien Bataille
A soldier


Jean Brochard
Soldier Staminal


Rivers Cadet
A villager
Georges Cahuzac
Captain Lecouvreur


Lucien Callamand
Soldier Damaseau


Jean Chevrier
Chimay's secretary
Félix Clément
Soldier Gilles Tenant


Henry Darbray
A soldier


Jean Daurand


Georges Douking
Soldier Rémuset


Sylvain Itkine
Soldier Léotard


Albert Malbert
A caretaker in Douaumont
Claude Marty
A soldier


Franck Maurice
A soldier


André Nox
Monsieur Pierrefonds


Georges Paulais
A villager


Georges Rollin
Chimay's friend
José Sergy
A soldier


André Siméon
A soldier
René Stern
A soldier
Jean-Pierre Thisse
Lucien Walter
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