Prisoner of Honor

A film about the French Dreyfus Affair where a French Captain was sent to Devils' Island for espionage near the end of the nineteenth century.

Colonel Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss) is given the job of justifying Dreyfus' sentence. Instead, he discovers that Dreyfus, a Jew, was merely a convenient scapegoat for the actions of the true culprit, a member of the French General staff. His attempt to right the wrong sees his military career ended and the famous French author, Emile Zola, found guilty of libel.