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The Life of Emile Zola (1937) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1937 · 116 mins · English
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- Directed by
- William Dieterle
- Starring
- John Litel, Paul Muni, Robert Barrat, Henry O'Neill, Louis Calhern, Dickie Moore
A dramatized portrait of French novelist Émile Zola, showing his rise from struggling writer to celebrated chronicler of Paris’s darker side. When Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted, Zola publishes the incendiary “J’Accuse…!” article, faces libel charges, and delivers a fierce courtroom defense exposing anti‑Semitism.
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