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J'accuse — deuxième époque
The dead of the war come home to ask whether it was worth it.
What
A Pathé demi-grande affiche of 1919 for the second part of Abel Gance's J'accuse, drawn by the poster artist Ferdinand Misti-Mifliez.
Why
Gance shot parts of J'accuse with serving French soldiers on leave from the front, many of whom were killed before the film was released. Its closing march of the dead is the first great anti-war sequence in cinema, and this sheet is how the film was put to a country still counting its losses in 1919.
Notice
Misti built his reputation on Belle Époque cycle posters; the elegant commercial line he perfected selling bicycles is turned here to mourning.
“An accusation, printed in the first year of the peace.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- J'accuse (1919), dir. Abel Gance
- Country / studio
- France · Pathé
- Designer
- Ferdinand Misti-Mifliez
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- French affiche (demi-grande), 1919
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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