I Accuse (1938)
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. He thinks he has succeeded, but the government subverts his discovery, and Europe slides with seeming inevitability toward World War II. In desperation, Diaz summons the ghosts of the war dead from the graves and fields of France to give silent, accusing protest.
Director: Abel Gance
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Victor Francen as Jean Diaz |
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Line Noro as Edith |
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Sylvie Gance as Flo |
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Jean-Max as Henri Chimay |
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Paul Amiot as A friend of Chimay |
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Marcel Delaître as François Laurin |
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Georges Saillard as The doctor |
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Renée Devillers as Hélène |
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Barral as A soldier |
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Jean-Louis Barrault as |
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Lucien Bataille as A soldier |
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Jean Brochard as Soldier Staminal |
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Rivers Cadet as A villager |
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Georges Cahuzac as Captain Lecouvreur |
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Lucien Callamand as Soldier Damaseau |
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Jean Chevrier as Chimay's secretary |
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Félix Clément as Soldier Gilles Tenant |
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Henry Darbray as A soldier |
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Jean Daurand as |
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Georges Douking as Soldier Rémuset |
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Sylvain Itkine as Soldier Léotard |
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Albert Malbert as A caretaker in Douaumont |
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Claude Marty as A soldier |
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Franck Maurice as A soldier |
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André Nox as Monsieur Pierrefonds |
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Georges Paulais as A villager |
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Georges Rollin as Chimay's friend |
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José Sergy as A soldier |
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André Siméon as A soldier |
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René Stern as A soldier |
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Jean-Pierre Thisse as |
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Lucien Walter as |
| Directing | Abel Gance | Director |
| Camera | Roger Hubert | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Abel Gance | Writer |
| Writing | Steve Passeur | Writer |
| Editing | Madeleine Crétolle | Editor |
