The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

The Life of Emile Zola (1937) - Drama Movies 116 minutes. Emile Zola, Я обвиняю, La vida de Emile Zola. 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. biography, scandal, historical figure, black and white, writer, miscarriage of justice, devil's island, dreyfus affair, 19th century