The Life of Emile Zola
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MGM was the studio generally associated with "prestige" pictures -- those with lavish sets and costumes, often boasting literary source material. However, for The Life of Emile Zola, the high-brow opulence is courtesy of Warner Bros., typically known for modern "ripped-from-the-headlines" stories, and the experiment in grandeur earned the studio an Oscar for Best Picture and another for best screenplay.
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William Dieterle directed Paul Muni as French novelist Émile Zola, who defends the falsely-accused Captain Dreyfus (Joseph Schildkraut in an Oscar-winning performance). The Dreyfus affair, which was a cause célèbre of antisemitism during the latter years of the Nineteenth Century, formed an exciting climax to Zola's career as a champion of truth and liberty, and is, consequently, the dramatic highlight of this film biography.
The Life of Emile Zola was added to the National Film Registry in 2000.
- Historical Domain Characters: Émile Zola, Alfred Dreyfus, ... pretty much everybody important in the film.
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