J'accuse! (1938 film)
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J'accuse! is a 1938 French war film
directed by Abel Gance
and starring Victor Francen
. It is a remake
of the 1919 film of the same name, also directed by Gance.
War film
War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...
directed by Abel Gance
Abel Gance
Abel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse , La Roue , and the monumental Napoléon .-Early life:...
and starring Victor Francen
Victor Francen
Victor Francen , born Victor Franssens, was a Belgian-born actor with a long career in French cinema and in Hollywood....
. It is a remake
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
of the 1919 film of the same name, also directed by Gance.
Cast
- Victor FrancenVictor FrancenVictor Francen , born Victor Franssens, was a Belgian-born actor with a long career in French cinema and in Hollywood....
- Jean Diaz - Line Noro - Edith
- Marie Lou - Flo
- Jean-Max - Henri Chimay
- Paul AmiotPaul AmiotPaul Amiot was a French film actor. His career spanned some 63 years and he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1910 and 1973....
- Captain - Jean-Louis BarraultJean-Louis BarraultJean-Louis Barrault was a French actor, director and mime artist, training that served him well when he portrayed the 19th-century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau in Marcel Carné's 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis .Jean-Louis Barrault studied with Charles Dullin in whose troupe he acted...
- Marcel Delaître - François Laurin (as Delaître)
- Renée Devillers - Helene
- André Nox - Leotard
- Georges Rollin - Pierre Fonds
- Georges SaillardGeorges SaillardGeorges Saillard was a French film actor.He starred in some 52 films between 1909 and 1950.He died in Versailles on September 11, 1967-Selected filmography:* Golgotha * J'accuse!...
- Giles Tenant