The Old Docker

Overview

A re-enactment of the Jules Durand case. In 1910, Jean Jaurès [leader of the French socialist movement] took the lead in defending a working-class coal miner, Jules Durand, accused of complicity in and condemned to death for the murder of a labor leader. As in the Dreyfus Affair, a false dossier had been used to convict Durand. Jaurès argued that the memory of the Dreyfus Affair saved Durand, calling the case the working class’s Dreyfus Affair.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 28, 1914

Original language

French

Countries

France

Production

Le Cinéma du Peuple

Director

Armand Guerra

Writer

Charles Marck,Yves-Marie Bidamant

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1666768