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| Directed by | Abel Gance |
| Written by | Abel Gance |
| Produced by | Charles Pathé |
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| Music by | Arthur Honegger |
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Running time | 166 minutes (2008 restoration) |
| Country | France |
| Languages | Silent French intertitles |
| Budget | FF525,000 |
J'accuse is a 1919 French silent film directed by Abel Gance. It juxtaposes a romantic drama with the background of the horrors of World War I, and it is sometimes described as a pacifist or anti-war film.[1] Work on the film began in 1918, and some scenes were filmed on real battlefields. The film's powerful depiction of wartime suffering, particularly its climactic sequence of the "return of the dead", made it an international success and confirmed Gance as one of the most important directors in Europe.[2]
- ^ e.g. "poignant mélodrame pacifiste", in Dictionnaire du cinéma populaire français; [edited by] Christian-Marc Bosséno & Yannick Dehée. (Paris: Nouveau Monde Éditions, 2004) p. 382; "incomparable anti-war film", in Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others. (London: Penguin, 2004) p. 14.
- ^ Kevin Brownlow. Essay in booklet accompanying DVD edition of J'accuse by Flicker Alley, 2008. p. 11.