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The Life of Emile Zola

6.7 116 mins Drama   History   1937
Warner Bros. Pictures  
Director(s): William Dieterle

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.

Casts of The Life of Emile Zola

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

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

Rolla Gourvitch

as Jeanne Dreyfus

Franklyn Farnum

as (uncredited)

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