Movie · 1937
The Life of Emile Zola
Released 9 September 1937 More from 1937 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
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How old were they?
Grant Mitchell
as Georges Clemenceau
Robert Warwick
as Colonel Henry
Montagu Love
as M. Cavaignac
Walter Kingsford
as Colonel Sandherr
Robert Barrat
as Major Walsin-Esterhazy
Vladimir Sokoloff
as Paul Cezanne
Henry O'Neill
as Colonel Picquart
Gale Sondergaard
as Lucie Dreyfus
Marcia Mae Jones
as Helen Richards
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The numbers
50years between the oldest and youngest billed
63Grant Mitchell — oldest on the call sheet
13Marcia Mae Jones — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast