Watch: The Life of Emile Zola 1937 123movies, Full Movie Online – Fictionalized account of the life of famed French author Emile Zola. As portrayed in the film, he was a penniless writer sharing an apartment in Paris with painter Paul Cezanne when he finally wrote a best-seller, Nana. He has always had difficulty holding onto a job as he is quite outspoken, being warned on several occasions by the public prosecutor that he risks charges if he does not temper his writings. The bulk of the film deals with his involvement in the case of Captain Alfred Dreyfus who was falsely convicted of giving secret military information to the Germans and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devils Island. Antisemitism played an important role in the real-life case but is hardly mentioned in the film. Even after the military found definitive evidence that Dreyfus was innocent, the army decided to cover it up rather than face the scandal of having arbitrarily convicted the wrong man. Zola’s famous letter, J’Accuse (I Accuse), led to his own trial for libel where he was found guilty and forced to flee to England. Dreyfus was eventually exonerated and restored to his military rank..
Plot: Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.
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Immersive and historically interesting
I only watched this because it won an Academy Award for best picture (1937). I didn’t expect it to be very good, so my intention was to watch it over two nights, but I watched it in one sitting, because it was quite immersive.The movie could be described as being comprised of two parts – the first, a snapshot of who Emile Zola was, and the second, his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair (which I knew nothing about until I watched this movie).
I thought this movie was immersive and historically interesting. I enjoyed it.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 56 min (116 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Biography, Drama
Director William Dieterle
Writer Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg
Actors Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut
Country United States
Awards Won 3 Oscars. 8 wins & 7 nominations total
Production Company N/A
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Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
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Laboratory Warner Bros. Studio Laboratory, USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm