Actors - The Life of Emile Zola

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The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 movie biography of famous French author Émile Zola. It depicts his friendship with noted painter Paul Cézanne and his involvement in the Dreyfus affair.

In 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Cast and crew

Main Crew

Directed by: William Dieterle
Written by: Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herlad 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

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

Academy Awards

Best Picture: 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

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