An Officer and a Spy (J'Accuse)An Officer and a Spy (J'Accuse) - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesAn Officer and a Spy (J'Accuse)
An Officer and a Spy (J'Accuse) is a 2019 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Roman Polanski about the infamous Dreyfus Affair. The film is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Robert Harris. The title J'Accuse is a reference to Émile Zola's 1898 newspaper article about the affair.
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus (Louis Garrel), an artillery officer in the French Army of Jewish descent, is baselessly accused of leaking classified information to the German Empire. Despite little tangible evidence of this crime existing, Dreyfus is nonetheless charged with treason and sentenced to life in prison. His accusers think this will be the end of the matter, until intelligence officer Colonel Georges Picquart (Jean Dujardin) opens his own investigation- thus beginning a years-long odyssey to prove Dreyfus innocent. The divisive events that follow will prove to have far-reaching consequences into 20th century and beyond.
The film received numerous cinema awards, including the Grand Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize of the 76th Venice International Film Festival, and three 45th Cesar Awards.
The following weapons were used in the film An Officer and a Spy (J'Accuse):
An unknown person who commits an assassination attempt on attorney Fernand Labori is armed with a revolver that is seen very briefly and unclear. It is possibly some top-break model.
A famous French Canon de 75 Mle 1897 field gun, at that time a top secret weapon, is seen during a demonstration shooting. The principle features of this artillery piece are correctly described in this scene. The leakage of the gun's technical information to the German Empire is what spurs the French Army to search for a spy, beginning the affair itself.
