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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, which was also directed by Gance.
After surviving the bloodshed of World War I, soldier Jean Diaz sacrifices his dream of being a poet for a far more important pursuit: ending war. Turning to science, Diaz dedicates himself to creating technology that will make combat obsolete. Bankrolling the project is tycoon Henri Chimax.
I Accuse: Directed by Abel Gance. With Victor Francen, Line Noro, Sylvie Gance, Marcel Delaître. A traumatized World War I veteran builds a machine to prevent war.
Feb 1, 2011 · The 1937 version of Abel Gance’s (1889–1981) J’Accuse is hardly the director’s best film, but I thought it would it would make an interesting and instructive companion piece to the 1919 silent version, which we showed in the recent To Save and Project festival.
Nov 30, 2020 · 100 YEARS OF HORROR #19: J'accuse! (1938) As Europe prepared for an inevitable conflict in the late 1930s, Abel Gance revisited his solemn 1919 anti-war drama in strict protest.
Director Abel Gance's J'Accuse (1938) shines a spotlight on the mental anguish caused by war. Victor Francen plays Jean Diaz, a soldier during WWI, is having an affair with the wife of fellow soldier Laurin ( Marcel Delaître ).
Directed by Abel Gance. 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.
