The Life of Emile Zola

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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
Language	English
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The Life of Émile Zola is a 1937 biographical film of famous French author Émile Zola. It depicts his friendship with noted painter Paul Cézanne and his involvement in the Dreyfus affair. The film was a great success both critically and financially, and 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 first biographical film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

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

Contents 1 Cast and crew 1.1 Main Crew 1.2 Cast 2 Academy Awards 3 Academy Award nominations 4 External links

[edit] Cast and crew

[edit] Main Crew

• Directed by: William Dieterle
• Written by: Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg
  • story by Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg
  • after Matthew Josephson's book Zola and His Time
• Produced by: Henry Blanke
• Music by: Max Steiner (head of department, Leo F. Forbstein)
• Cinematography by: Tony Gaudio
• Film Editing by: Warren Low
• Art Direction by: Anton Grot
• Assistant director: Russel Saunders

[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] Academy Awards

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

[edit] 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

Awards
Preceded by The Great Ziegfeld	Academy Award for Best Picture 1937	Succeeded by You Can't Take It with You

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