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The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 American biographical film about the 19th-century French author Émile Zola starring Paul Muni and directed by William Dieterle. It premiered at the Los Angeles Carthay Circle Theatre to great critical and financial success.
- August 11, 1937
- Henry Blanke
The Life of Emile Zola: Directed by William Dieterle. With Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden. The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
- (8.8K)
- Biography, Drama
- William Dieterle
- 1937-10-02
After struggling to establish himself, author Emile Zola (Paul Muni) wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life.
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- Paul Muni
- William Dieterle
- Warner Brothers
Apr 17, 2024 · Émile Zola (born April 2, 1840, Paris, France—died September 28, 1902, Paris) was a French novelist, critic, and political activist who was the most prominent French novelist of the late 19th century. He was noted for his theories of naturalism, which underlie his monumental 20-novel series Les Rougon-Macquart, and for his intervention in ...
Paul Muni stars as the French novelist who defends a Jewish officer falsely accused of treason in this adaptation of Matthew Josephson's book. The film features Joseph Schildkraut as Alfred Dreyfus and Gloria Holden as Alexandrine Zola.
Summaries. The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair. Fictionalized account of the life of famed French author Emile Zola. As portrayed in the film, he was a penniless writer sharing an apartment in Paris with painter Paul Cezanne when he finally wrote a best-seller, Nana.
The story of one of the world's greatest writers, a man who proved thatone voice can overcome injustice and change the course of a nation isimmortalized in The Life of Emile Zola. 258 IMDb 7.2 1 h 56 min 1937. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Documentary · Cerebral · Compelling. Available to rent or buy.
