The Tenth Academy Award, winning movie – ‘The Life of Emile Zola’ was a biopic based on the life of the famous French writer Emile Zola. It is the second Best Picture winner in a row to go to a biopic, although this film couldn’t be more different than ‘The Great Ziegfeld’.
This biographical film opens with French novelist Emile Zola starving in an attic room. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris. He is able to achieve both fame and fortune with the publication of Nana, an unadorned tale of a woman. The film stars Paul Muni as Zola, and is directed by William Dieterle.
‘The Life of Emile Zola’, was nominated for ten Oscars, which was then a record. It won three, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Joseph Schildkraut. Unlike many of the winners in the first decade of the Oscars’ existence, it has retained its critical acclaim, and was inducted into the US National Film Registry.
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