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    The Life of Emile Zola

    The Life of Emile Zola

    "He'll hold you in silence as deep as your emotions!"

    1937

    1:56:16

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    The Life of Emile Zola

    Genre

    Drama
    History

    Plot

    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

    Writers

    Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, Matthew Josephson, Geza Herczeg, Heinz Herald,

    Stars

    Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden, Donald Crisp,