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The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola1937

★6.7116 minDramaHistory

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.

Director

William Dieterle

Writer

Norman Reilly Raine Heinz Herald Geza Herczeg

Score

Stars

Paul Muni Gale Sondergaard Joseph Schildkraut

Cast28

Paul Muni
as Emile Zola
Gale Sondergaard
as Lucie Dreyfus
Joseph Schildkraut
as Capt. Alfred Dreyfus
Gloria Holden
as Alexandrine Zola
Donald Crisp
as Maitre Labori
Erin O'Brien-Moore
as Nana
John Litel
as Charpentier
Henry O'Neill
as Colonel Picquart
Morris Carnovsky
as Anatole France
Louis Calhern
as Major Dort
Ralph Morgan
as Commander of Paris
Robert Barrat
as Major Walsin-Esterhazy
Vladimir Sokoloff
as Paul Cezanne
Grant Mitchell
as Georges Clemenceau
Harry Davenport
as Chief of Staff
Robert Warwick
as Colonel Henry
Charles Richman
as M. Delagorgue
Gilbert Emery
as Minister of War
Walter Kingsford
as Colonel Sandherr
Paul Everton
as Assistant Chief of Staff
Montagu Love
as M. Cavaignac
Frank Sheridan
as M. Van Cassell
Lumsden Hare
as Mr. Richards
Marcia Mae Jones
as Helen Richards
Florence Roberts
as Madame Zola
Dickie Moore
as Pierre Dreyfus
R
Rolla Gourvitch
as Jeanne Dreyfus
Franklyn Farnum
as (uncredited)

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