1:04:03
The minister of war,
the chief of the general staff...
1:04:06
...and the assistant chief never doubted
that the famous bordereau...
1:04:10
...was written by Esterhazy...
1:04:12
...but the condemnation of Esterhazy
involved revision of the Dreyfus verdict...
1:04:18
...and that the general staff
wished to avoid at all cost.
1:04:22
For over a year, the minister of war
and the general staff have known...
1:04:27
...that Dreyfus is innocent...
1:04:30
...but they have kept this knowledge
to themselves.
1:04:34
And those men sleep...
1:04:36
...and they have wives
and children they love.
1:04:41
One speaks of the honor of the army.
1:04:45
The army is the people of France
themselves...
1:04:49
...and the Dreyfus affair is a matter
pertaining to that army.
1:04:53
Dreyfus cannot be vindicated without
condemning the whole general staff.
1:04:57
That is why the general staff
has screened Esterhazy:
1:05:01
To demolish Dreyfus once more.
1:05:05
Such, then, Mr. President,
is the simple truth.
1:05:08
It is a fearful truth.
1:05:11
But I affirm, with intense conviction...
1:05:15
...the truth is on the march,
and nothing will stop it.
1:05:21
Mr. President...
1:05:23
...I accuse Colonel Dort of having been
the diabolical agent of the affair...
1:05:28
...and of continuing to defend
his deadly work...
1:05:31
...through three years
of revolting machination.
1:05:34
I accuse the minister of war
of having concealed decisive proofs...
1:05:38
...of the innocence of Dreyfus.
1:05:40
I accuse the chief of staff
and assistant chief of staff...
1:05:43
...of being accomplices in the crime.
1:05:45
I accuse the commander of the Paris
garrison of the most monstrous partiality.
1:05:51
I accuse the war office of having
viciously led a campaign...
1:05:55
...to misdirect public opinion
and cover up its sins.
1:05:58
I accuse the first court-martial
of violating all human rights...