The Life of Emile Zola
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1:13:01
Do you swear to tell the truth
without hatred or fear?

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I swear.
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What do you wish to ask the witness?
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I'd like to ask him the circumstance
under which he first suspected...

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...that Esterhazy, and not Dreyfus,
was the author of the bordereau.

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You have heard the question. Answer it.
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In May 1896,
while I was chief of intelligence...

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...I received parts of a torn letter
addressed to Esterhazy...

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...from the representative
of a foreign power.

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I obtained Esterhazy's letter
and compared it with the bordereau.

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Both writings were Esterhazy's.
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This was confirmed
by Esterhazy's banker.

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I was convinced that Esterhazy
had written the bordereau.

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I gave this proof of Esterhazy's guilt
to the general staff.

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Was Esterhazy informed
that Colonel Picquart suspected him?

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Naturally.
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And the warning originated from a certain
intelligence officer of the general staff.

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Stop!
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You're lying!
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Silence. Silence!
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Now I will tell everything. I will tell
why I was sent to North Africa.

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Gentlemen of the jury, I will tell why
men like Colonel Henry...

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...have made the most vile accusations
against me without proof.

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Gentlemen, if you but knew why
all this is being done!

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La patrie! La patrie!
You disgrace me!

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Gentlemen! Well, I...
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Silence. Silence!
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- May I?
- Certainly, general.

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The whole campaign of the defense
is extraordinary.

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But the most deplorable spectacle of all to
me, as commander of the garrison of Paris...

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...is that of an officer still wearing
the French uniform...

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...who slanders his superiors
and his comrades.

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- Long live the army!
- But not its generals!


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