The Life of Emile Zola
1937 · 116 min
Drama · History
★ 6.7Trailer
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.
Crew
- Director William Dieterle
- Screenplay Norman Reilly Raine
- Screenplay Heinz Herald
- Screenplay Geza Herczeg
- Story Heinz Herald
- Story Geza Herczeg
- Director of Photography Tony Gaudio
Cast
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
Crew
- Director — William Dieterle
- Screenplay — Norman Reilly Raine
- Screenplay — Heinz Herald
- Screenplay — Geza Herczeg
- Story — Heinz Herald
- Story — Geza Herczeg
- Director of Photography — Tony Gaudio
External reads
No articles linked yet.
🔥 Hot takes
warming up the wall…
Metadata & streaming data: TMDB (JustWatch). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.