Because his old friend is also his comrade who fights at his side against the mutual enemy, Laurin doesn't take action against him.
There he finds again Flo, a chanteuse and cabaret owner, who did a lot for soldiers' morale during the war.
Chimay, who has inherited the glassworks, appropriates the invention and provides it to the French government as part of the preparations for a future war.
While Jean is taken care by Edith's family, Chimay also develops feelings for Helene and marries her.
During a supernatural storm, the dead soldiers arise and march to their places of origin.
A late added text remembers that the success of the film in 1938 is a proof of how the French people supported peace even in the latest days before World War II.
[4] Clayton Dillard of Slant Magazine awarded the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing, "More than just an anti-war statement, J’Accuse visualizes long-term memory loss as mankind’s ultimate, and seemingly endless, tragedy.