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.

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 …

The famed writer risks his reputation to defend a Jewish army officer accused of treason.

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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.

Nominated for five Oscars and winner for Best Picture, this biographical drama stars Paul Muni ("I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang," "The Life of Louis Pasteur") as the famed writer who risks …

May 13, 2025 · Movie Review: The Life of Emile Zola (1937) directed by William Dieterle. We first meet Emile Zola (Paul Muni) when he is a penniless writer sharing a freezing garret with his …

From his days as a struggling writer in Paris to his first success with the publication of Nana and his brilliant J'accuse, which exposes the Dreyfuss affair as a gross miscarriage of justice to …

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.

The story of one of the world's greatest writers, a man who proved that one voice can overcome injustice and change the course of a nation is immortalized in The Life of Emile Zola.