Directed by:
William DieterleCinematography:
Tony GaudioComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden, Donald Crisp, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Morris Carnovsky, Louis Calhern, Ralph Morgan (more)Plots(1)
Zola (Paul Muni) is a hugely successful French author who risks all his success and comfort to come to the defense of the unjustly jailed Capt. Dreyfus (Joseph Schildkraut). (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Frank Darien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559443_9d3407.jpg)
Frank Darien
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
![Holmes Herbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499964_83239b.jpg)
Holmes Herbert
UK
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Captain Blood (1935)
The Stratton Story (1949)
![Robert Warwick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000170_4f6a45.jpg)
Robert Warwick
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
![Pierre Watkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/382/165382787_ca6f45.jpg)
Pierre Watkin
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Moroni Olsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298409_d4a028.jpg)
Moroni Olsen
USA
Best movies:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Walter Kingsford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/897/159897823_2545f6.jpg)
Walter Kingsford
UK
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Carefree (1938)
![Franklyn Farnum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948620_a1d5f2.jpg)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Stanley Blystone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/007/160007033_598bc7.jpg)
Stanley Blystone
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Circus (1928)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Maurice Black](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/732/160732560_7b291a.jpg)
Maurice Black
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Crusades (1935)
![Egon Brecher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/878/160878245_325254.jpg)
Egon Brecher
Austria-Hungary
Wilhelm von Brincken
German Empire
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Queen Kelly (1929)
Eric Mayne
Ireland
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Holiday (1938)
Paul Everton
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Arthur Aylesworth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/278/163278879_9ebb15.jpg)
Arthur Aylesworth
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Erin O'Brien-Moore
USA
Best movies:
Peyton Place (1957)
The Long Gray Line (1955)
Destination Moon (1950)
![Gilbert Emery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579952_811d07.jpg)
Gilbert Emery
USA
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Juarez (1939)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Frank Sheridan
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
The Merry Widow (1934)
Front Page Woman (1935)