1:03:01
...dared to acquit one Esterhazy,
a supreme slap at all truth, all justice.
1:03:08
But since they have dared,
I too shall dare.
1:03:12
I shall tell the truth.
Because if I did not...
1:03:16
...my nights would be haunted
by the specter of a man...
1:03:19
...expiating, under the most frightful
torture, a crime he never committed.
1:03:25
It is impossible for honest people
to read the bill of accusation...
1:03:29
...against Dreyfus
without being overcome with indignation...
1:03:32
...and crying out their revulsion.
1:03:36
Dreyfus knows several languages. Crime.
1:03:41
He works hard. Crime.
1:03:45
No compromising papers are found
in his apartment. Crime.
1:03:49
He goes occasionally
to the country of his origin. Crime.
1:03:54
He endeavors to learn everything. Crime.
1:03:57
He's not easily worried. Crime.
He is easily worried. Also a crime.
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: