The Old Docker (1914)

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.

Released

1914-03-28

Genres

Drama, History

Runtime

5 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Armand Guerra

TMDB rating

6.7/10 from 3 votes