|
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
7.4
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair. Director:William Dieterle |
116 min - 
Watch now
Buy it from
Amazon »
Won 3 Oscars.
Another
3 wins
&
7 nominations
See more awards »
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Paul Muni | ... | ||
| Gale Sondergaard | ... | ||
| Joseph Schildkraut | ... | ||
| Gloria Holden | ... | ||
|
Donald Crisp | ... |
Maitre Labori
|
|
|
Erin O'Brien-Moore | ... |
Nana
(as Erin O'Brien Moore)
|
|
|
John Litel | ... |
Charpentier
|
|
|
Henry O'Neill | ... | |
|
|
Morris Carnovsky | ... | |
| Louis Calhern | ... |
Major Dort
|
|
|
|
Ralph Morgan | ... |
Commander of Paris
|
|
|
Robert Barrat | ... |
Major Walsin-Esterhazy
|
|
|
Vladimir Sokoloff | ... | |
|
|
Grant Mitchell | ... | |
| Harry Davenport | ... |
Chief of Staff
|
|
Edit
Storyline
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. He has always had difficulty holding onto a job as he is quite outspoken, being warned on several occasions by the public prosecutor that he risks charges if he does not temper his writings. The bulk of the film deals with his involvement in the case of Captain Alfred Dreyfus who was falsely convicted of giving secret military information to the Germans and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devils Island. Antisemitism played an important role in the real-life case but is hardly mentioned in the film. Even after the military found definitive evidence that Dreyfus was innocent, the army decided to cover it up rather than face the scandal of having arbitrarily convicted the wrong man... Written by garykmcd
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
Here Is True Greatness ! See more »Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parents »
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Vida de Emile Zola See more »Company Credits
Show detailed
company contact information on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
Edit
See more »
(1792) (uncredited)
Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Variations often in the score See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
Due to severe flooding in Los Angeles in 1938, the presentation of the Best Picture Oscar for this movie was postponed from Thursday March 3rd to Thursday March 10, 1938. (see also - In the Heat of the Night and Raging Bull). See more »Goofs
Miscellaneous: When Erin O'Brien-Moore as Nana comes into the café from the snow, the artificial snow stays on her clothes long after real snow would have melted, then suddenly in a second it disappears with the next cut. See more »Quotes
Émile Zola: At this solemn moment, in the presence of this tribunal, which is the representative of human justice, before France, before the whole world, I swear that Dreyfus is innocent! By all that I have won, by all that I have written to spread the spirit of France, I swear that he is innocent. May all that melt away; may my name perish if Dreyfus be not innocent. He is innocent.See more »
Soundtracks
"La Marseillaise"(1792) (uncredited)
Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Variations often in the score See more »
Home
| Search
| Site Index
| In Theaters
| Coming Soon
| Top Movies
| MyMovies
| Top 250
| TV
| News
| Video
| Message Boards
| Press Room
Register
| 
RSS
| Advertising
| Contact Us
| Jobs
| IMDbPro
| IMDb Resume
| Box Office Mojo
| Withoutabox
| LOVEFiLM
IMDb Mobile:
iPhone/iPad
| Android
| Mobile site
| Windows Phone 7
| IMDb Social:
Facebook
| Twitter
International Sites: IMDb Germany
| IMDb Italy
| IMDb Spain
| IMDb France
| IMDb Portugal
Copyright © 1990-2012
IMDb.com, Inc.
Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.
An 
company.