The Life of Emile Zola

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

Related Topics:
1937 - Biography - Émile Zola - Paul Cézanne - Dreyfus affair

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The movie won three Academy Awards:

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• Best Picture - Henry Blanke, producer
• Supporting Actor - Joseph Schildkraut
• Best Writing, Screenplay - Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg and Norman Reilly Raine

It was nominated for a further seven Oscars:

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• Best Actor - Paul Muni
• Best Art Direction - Anton Grot
• Best Assistant Director - Russell Saunders
• Best Director - William Dieterle
• Best Music, Score - Max Steiner
• Best Sound, Recording - Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)
• Best Writing, Original Story - Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg

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

Related Topics:
2000 - Library of Congress - National Film Registry

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