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Émile François Zola (French pronunciation: [e.mil zɔ.la]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in the renowned newspaper headline J'Accuse.
Zola was born in Paris in 1840. His father, François Zola (originally Francesco Zolla), was an Italian engineer. With his French wife Émilie Aurélie Aubert, the family moved to Aix-en-Provence in the southeast, when Émile was three years old. Four years later in 1847, his father died leaving his mother on a meager pension. In 1858 the Zolas moved to Paris, where Émile's childhood friend Paul Cézanne soon joined him. Zola started to write in the romantic style. His widowed mother had planned a law career for Émile but he failed his Baccalauréat examination.
Actors: Clive Merrison (actor), Anthony Calf (actor), Mark Tandy (actor), Michael Müller (actor), Crispin Bonham-Carter (actor), Tim Dunn (director), Tim Dunn (producer), Iain Mitchell (actor), Susie Coulthard (costume designer), Crispin Redman (actor), Kim Thomas (producer), Peter Cotton (producer), Neil Roberts (actor), Tommy Knight (actor), Jo McInnes (actress),
Plot: "Three hour mini-series tells the intimate history of a most illustrious brotherhood of Impressionist artists - Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Manet. Entirely based on documentary evidence, special effects transport the viewer inside some of the world's best-loved paintings, The Impressionists will recreate the illuminated landscapes, and haunting portraits of late 19th-century France."
Keywords: tv-mini-seriesActors: Jacqueline Bisset (actress), Dalton Delan (miscellaneous crew), Jackson Frost (producer), Jackson Frost (writer), Dewey Blanton (miscellaneous crew), Mary Jackson (miscellaneous crew), Karen Kenton (producer), Lisa Denny (miscellaneous crew), Todd Hahn (composer), Wayne C. Fowler (miscellaneous crew), Georges Collinet (actor), J.C. Monzon (editor), Karl Whichard (editor), Matthieu Boz (miscellaneous crew), Norman Allen (writer),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Warre Borgmans (actor), Gene Bervoets (actor), Willem Thijssen (producer), Chris Lomme (actress), Robbe De Hert (director), Jaak Van Assche (actor), Filip Peeters (actor), Herbert Flack (actor), Robbe De Hert (actor), Jenny Tanghe (actress), Michael Pas (actor), Dirk Roofthooft (actor), Luk D'Heu (actor), Luk D'Heu (actor), Wim Opbrouck (actor),
Genres: Drama, History,Actors: Consalvo Dell'Arti (actor), Ennio Balbo (actor), Vittorio Sanipoli (actor), Luigi Montini (actor), Vittorio Duse (actor), Leandro Castellani (director), Leandro Castellani (writer), Tino Bianchi (actor), Luigi Casellato (actor), Gianni Santuccio (actor), Vincenzo De Toma (actor), Manlio Busoni (actor), Vera Marzot (costume designer), Augusto Mastrantoni (actor), Renzo Giovampietro (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Eric Pohlmann (actor), Horst Beck (actor), Hans Paetsch (actor), Charles Brauer (actor), Wolfgang Büttner (actor), Richard Münch (actor), Ernst Jacobi (actor), Peter Capell (actor), Alexander Kerst (actor), Carl Lange (actor), Richard Lauffen (actor), Hermann Lenschau (actor), Wolfgang Lukschy (actor), Paul Hoffmann (actor), Joachim Rake (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Dinos Katsouridis (editor), Vasos Andronidis (actor), Giannis Argyris (actor), Thodoros Exarhos (actor), Spyros Kalogirou (actor), Labros Konstadaras (actor), Labros Kotsiris (actor), Giorgos Nezos (actor), Byron Pallis (actor), Giorgos Tzifos (actor), Nikos Vandoros (actor), Dinos Katsouridis (director), Alekos Alexandrakis (actor), Thanos Grammenos (actor), Vassilis Mavromatis (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dieter Borsche (actor), Alexander Engel (actor), Werner Hessenland (actor), Hans Hessling (actor), Richard Häussler (actor), Herbert Hübner (actor), Erwin Linder (actor), Robert Meyn (actor), Joachim Rake (actor), Paul Edwin Roth (actor), Helmuth Rudolph (actor), Albrecht Schoenhals (actor), Günther Schramm (actor), Ursula Grabley (actress), Kurt Heuser (composer),
Genres: Biography,Actors: Donald Crisp (actor), Arthur Aylesworth (actor), Holmes Herbert (actor), Egon Brecher (actor), Louis Calhern (actor), Maurice Black (actor), Robert Barrat (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Frank Darien (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Gilbert Emery (actor), Paul Everton (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Lumsden Hare (actor), Walter Kingsford (actor),
Plot: Fictionalized account of the life of famed French author Emile Zola. As portrayed in the film, he was a penniless writer sharing an apartment in Paris with painter Paul Cezanne when he finally wrote a best-seller, Nana. He has always had difficulty holding onto a job as he is quite outspoken, being warned on several occasions by the public prosecutor that he risks charges if he does not temper his writings. The bulk of the film deals with his involvement in the case of Captain Alfred Dreyfus who was falsely convicted of giving secret military information to the Germans and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devils Island. Antisemitism played an important role in the real-life case but is hardly mentioned in the film. Even after the military found definitive evidence that Dreyfus was innocent, the army decided to cover it up rather than face the scandal of having arbitrarily convicted the wrong man. Zola's famous letter, J'Accuse (I Accuse), led to his own trial for libel where he was found guilty and forced to flee to England. Dreyfus was eventually exonerated and restored to his military rank.
Keywords: 1860s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 19th-century, 20th-century, anti-semitism, army, author, based-on-bookActors: Bruno Ziener (actor), Josef Reithofer (actor), Leopold von Ledebur (actor), Fritz Alberti (actor), Heinrich George (actor), Albert Bassermann (actor), Paul Bildt (actor), Paul Henckels (actor), Oskar Homolka (actor), Ferdinand Bonn (actor), Fritz Kampers (actor), Fritz Kortner (actor), Bernhard Goetzke (actor), Fritz Rasp (actor), Richard Oswald (producer),
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,