CRYSTAL PALACE.
"DREYFUS." The everi'.s related in "Dreyfus," at the Crystal Palace this week, concern a story that in real life provided incidents as dramatic as any that could be contrived by a scenario writer. This chapter from French history, which at the time—over 30 years ago —attracted world attention, relates the proceedings of the Dreyfus trial, in which a captain of the French army staff was banished to Devil's Island on a charge of high treason, on evidence that was purely circumstantial. In the end it was Emile Zola, the well-known author, who caused the proceedings to be reopened, so that the real culprit might be punished fifteen years after the event. The presentation of this miscarriage of justice is headed by the makers of the film with admirable skill, and the interest of the plot is added to by acting of unusual quality and by photography that makes a significant uee of detail. "Dreyfus" film to be enjoyed and remembered. The supporting programme is of first-rate quality.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20471, 15 February 1932, Page 4
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