The Life of Emile Zola

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biographical film drama film film

The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 American biographical drama film about the French writer Émile Zola, renowned for its powerful courtroom sequences and winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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The Life of Emile Zola canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
awardReceivedBy Joseph Schildkraut ⓘ
basedOn The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film) ⓘ
surface form: the life of Émile Zola
cinematography Tony Gaudio ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts J’accuse…! ⓘ
surface form: Zola's open letter "J'Accuse…!"
director William Dieterle ⓘ
distributedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Warren Low ⓘ
filmingLocation Warner Bros. Studios ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank
genre biographical drama ⓘ
courtroom drama ⓘ
hasNotableFeature powerful courtroom sequences ⓘ
mainSubject Dreyfus affair ⓘ
Émile Zola ⓘ
musicBy Max Steiner ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Assistant Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring

Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Warner Bros. film catalog ⓘ
portrays Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ
Lucie Dreyfus ⓘ
Émile Zola ⓘ
producer Henry Blanke ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate August 11, 1937 ⓘ
releaseYear 1937 ⓘ
runtime 116 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Geza Herczeg ⓘ
Heinz Herald ⓘ
Norman Reilly Raine ⓘ
setInCountry France ⓘ
setInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
starred Donald Crisp ⓘ
Ernest Cossart ⓘ
Gale Sondergaard ⓘ
Gloria Holden ⓘ
Joseph Schildkraut ⓘ
Paul Muni ⓘ

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Henry Blanke → notableWork → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Eduardo Ciannelli → notableWork → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
William Dieterle → directed → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Ralph Dawson → notableWork → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Ralph Dawson → edited → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Maurice Moscovitch → notableWork → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Joseph Schildkraut → notableWork → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Joseph Schildkraut → awardReceivedFor → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Joseph Schildkraut → performedIn → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Gale Sondergaard → performedIn → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Irma von Cube → workedOn → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Norman Reilly Raine → notableWork → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Norman Reilly Raine → awardReceivedFor → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ
Norman Reilly Raine → wroteFor → The Life of Emile Zola ⓘ