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Jean-Denis Bredin

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Jean-Denis Bredin

Born May 17, 1929 · Paris, France

Died September 1, 2021 · aged 92

Jean-Denis Bredin (born Jean-Denis Hirsch: 17 May 1929 – 1 September 2021) was a French attorney and founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat. He was widely admired as an author-commentator, both for his novels and for his non-fiction works, with a particular focus on recent and contemporary history. On 15 June 1989, he was elected to membership of the Académie Française, becoming the twentieth oc…

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Charlotte CordayCharlotte Corday · 2008
Charlotte Corday
★ 6.02008
MovieDramaHistory
Set in July 1793 during the outbreak of the French Revolution and the unleashing of the Reign of Terror, a young girl from Caen named Charlotte Corday plots to assassinate Jacobin newspaper editor Jean-Paul Marat.
L'Affaire DreyfusL'Affaire Dreyfus · 1995
L'Affaire Dreyfus
★ 5.91995
MovieHistoryTV Movie
In 1894, the French Army discovered the existence of a traitor Alsatian and Jewish, the French officer Alfred Dreyfus makes an ideal culprit. For lack of evidence, the War Ministry creates a damning document Dreyfus overwhelming. Judged and sentenced, Dreyfus is deported to Devil's Island. In 1896, the Army flushed out the real culprit. The truth broke out in 1898 thanks to the mobilization of intellectuals shaken by Zola's "J'accuse!"

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