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An Officer and a Spy
2019
· Movie
· 132 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1908
- IMDb #1831
- Letterboxd #2063
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2210
- Metacritic Critics #2494
- Criticker #1344
Every rating
54–84
out of 100
In 1890s France, a high-ranking military officer is put in charge of the Statistical Section. He is initially convinced of the guilt of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer convicted of treason. As he investigates further, he uncovers evidence of a vast conspiracy and institutional antisemitism within the army, forcing him to risk his career to expose the truth.
Details
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Writers
- Robert Harris, Roman Polanski
- Based on
- An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
- Released
- 30 September 2019
- Country
- France, Italy
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Budget
- $25.3M
- Box office
- $18.9M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 11 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →3 major awards won · 3 wins from 14 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| César Awards 2020 | Best Director | Roman Polanski | Winner |
| César Awards 2020 | Best Adaptation | Roman Polanski and Robert Harris based on the novel by Robert Harris | Winner |
| César Awards 2020 | Best Costume Design | Pascaline Chavanne | Winner |
| César Awards 2020 | Best Film | Roman Polanski | Nominee |
| César Awards 2020 | Best Actor | Jean Dujardin | Nominee |
| César Awards 2020 | Best Supporting Actor | Grégory Gadebois | Nominee |
| César Awards 2020 | Best Supporting Actor | Louis Garrel | Nominee |
| César Awards 2020 | Best Cinematography | Paweł Edelman | Nominee |
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César Awards
12 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adaptation | Roman Polanski and Robert Harris based on the novel by Robert Harris | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Pascaline Chavanne | Winner |
| Best Director | Roman Polanski | Winner |
| Best Actor | Jean Dujardin | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Paweł Edelman | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Hervé de Luze | Nominee |
| Best Film | Roman Polanski | Nominee |
| Best Original Music | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Jean Rabasse | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Lucien Balibar, Aymeric Devoldère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Grégory Gadebois | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Louis Garrel | Nominee |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination
| Best Non-American Film | An Officer and a Spy | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | An Officer and a Spy | Nominee |