The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
1h 56m
Running Time
September 9, 1937Release Date
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
1h 56m
Running Time
September 9, 1937Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
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Cast & Crew.

Paul Muni
Emile Zola

Gale Sondergaard
Lucie Dreyfus

Joseph Schildkraut
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus

Gloria Holden
Alexandrine Zola

Donald Crisp
Maitre Labori

Erin O'Brien-Moore
Nana

John Litel
Charpentier

Henry O'Neill
Colonel Picquart

Morris Carnovsky
Anatole France

Louis Calhern
Major Dort

Ralph Morgan
Commander of Paris

Robert Barrat
Major Walsin-Esterhazy

Vladimir Sokoloff
Paul Cezanne

Grant Mitchell
Georges Clemenceau

Harry Davenport
Chief of Staff

Robert Warwick
Colonel Henry

Charles Richman
M. Delagorgue

Gilbert Emery
Minister of War

Walter Kingsford
Colonel Sandherr

Paul Everton
Assistant Chief of Staff

Montagu Love
M. Cavaignac

Frank Sheridan
M. Van Cassell

Lumsden Hare
Mr. Richards

Marcia Mae Jones
Helen Richards

Florence Roberts
Madame Zola

Dickie Moore
Pierre Dreyfus

Rolla Gourvitch
Jeanne Dreyfus

Franklyn Farnum
(uncredited)

William Dieterle
Director

Norman Reilly Raine
Screenplay

Heinz Herald
Screenplay / Story

Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Media.






Details.
This Movie Is About.
scandal
biography
historical figure
writer
miscarriage of justice
devil's island
dreyfus affair
19th century
black and white
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