"His evolution from anti-Semite to defender of Dreyfus was so interesting to me. What interested me most was the concept of the imperfect hero." Dreyfuss wanted to play Col. While what he endured was pretty horrifying, the cultural and political drama occurred without him. He was on Devil's Island the entire time. The Dreyfus Affair was so much a part of what became my political viewpoint, it was too good to deny." ĭreyfuss had been asked to play Dreyfus but "Dreyfus is an offstage character in his own story. But it doesn't matter, because I created the kinship in my mind as a kid. "My family is of two minds about kinship. "I've been aware of it because of my name my whole life," said Dreyfus. It was the actor's first TV appearance since Victory at Entebbe. He was unable to get the studios interested - "When you go to a studio, what they need for their agenda that year usually is not a film about the French Army in 1894," he said - but succeeded in setting up the film at HBO. He was an admirer of The Life of Emile Zola and J'accuse!. The movie was a passion project for Dreyfuss who had wanted to make it since he was a teenager. Richard Dreyfuss stated in an interview that at one time, and before making Prisoner of Honour, he thought he was related by blood to Captain Alfred Dreyfus. His attempt to right the wrong sees his military career ended and the famous French author, Émile Zola (Martin Friend), found guilty of libel for publishing his 1898 open letter J'Accuse…!. Instead, he discovers that Dreyfus (Kenneth Colley), a Jew, was merely a convenient scapegoat for the actions of the true culprit, a member of the French General staff. Colonel Georges Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss) is given the job of justifying Dreyfus' sentence. The film documents the events that saw a French Captain, Alfred Dreyfus, sent to Devil's Island for espionage near the end of the 19th century. Richard Dreyfuss co-produced the film with Judith James, from a screenplay by Ron Hutchinson. Television and distributed by HBO, and centers on the famous Dreyfus Affair. Prisoner of Honor is a 1991 British made-for-television drama film directed by Ken Russell and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Oliver Reed and Peter Firth.
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