The Life of Emile Zola
Directed by	William Dieterle
Produced by	Henry Blanke
Starring	Paul Muni Gale Sondergaard Joseph Schildkraut Gloria Holden Donald Crisp
Release date(s)	August 11, 1937
Running time	116 min.
Country	USA
Language	English

The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 American biographical film of famous French author Émile Zola. It depicts his friendship with noted painter Paul Cézanne, and his rise to fame through his prolific writing, with particular focus on his involvement in the Dreyfus affair. The film had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles and was a great success both critically and financially; contemporary reviews cited it as the best biographical film made up to that time. It is still held in high regard by many critics. It is the second biographical film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

In 2000, The Life of Emile Zola was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

[edit] Cast

• Paul Muni as Émile Zola
• Gale Sondergaard as Lucie Dreyfus
• Joseph Schildkraut as Captain Alfred Dreyfus
• Gloria Holden as Alexandrine Zola
• Donald Crisp as Maitre Labori
• Erin O'Brien-Moore as Nana
• Vladimir Sokoloff as Paul Cézanne
• Grant Mitchell as Georges Clemenceau
• Morris Carnovsky as Anatole France.

[edit] Awards

• Best Picture: Warner Bros. (Henry Blanke, producer)
• Supporting Actor: Joseph Schildkraut
• Best Writing, Screenplay: Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg and Norman Reilly Raine

Academy Award nominations

• Best Actor: Paul Muni
• Best Art Direction: Anton Grot
• Best Assistant Director: Russell Saunders
• Best Director: William Dieterle
• Best Music, Score: Max Steiner, awarded to Leo F. Forbstein
• Best Sound, Recording: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)
• Best Writing, Original Story: Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg

[edit] External links

• The Life of Emile Zola at the Internet Movie Database
• The Life of Emile Zola at Allmovie
• The Life of Emile Zola at the TCM Movie Database

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