An Officer and a Spy (2019)

Name: An Officer and a Spy
Genre: History, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2019
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Grégory Gadebois, Hervé Pierre

2h 12m France, Italy

History Drama Thriller

Plot

Set in 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army captain, faces a grave miscarriage of justice when he is falsely accused of treason and condemned to a lifetime in the harsh confines of Devil’s Island. As evidence mounts against him, Dreyfus’s plight captures the attention of Georges Picquart, a fellow officer determined to uncover the truth. This gripping tale unveils the deep-seated anti-Semitism within the military and society, as Picquart risks his career to expose the conspiracy that led to Dreyfus’s wrongful conviction, sparking a significant political scandal in France.

Cast

Jean Dujardin Louis Garrel Emmanuelle Seigner Grégory Gadebois Hervé Pierre Wladimir Yordanoff Didier Sandre Melvil Poupaud Eric Ruf Mathieu Amalric Laurent Stocker Vincent Perez Michel Vuillermoz Vincent Grass Denis Podalydès