The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film)
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The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film) is an American biographical drama that chronicles the life and social activism of French writer Émile Zola, best known for its portrayal of the Dreyfus affair and for winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film) canonical | 1 |
| the life of Émile Zola | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8889258 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film) Context triple: [Montagu Love, appearedIn, The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film)]
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Camille (1936)
Camille (1936) is a classic romantic drama film starring Greta Garbo, renowned for its tragic love story and considered one of the high points of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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B.
Camille (1921 film)
Camille (1921 film) is a silent drama adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel "La Dame aux Camélias," notable for its early 20th-century cinematic portrayal of the tragic romance between a courtesan and her lover.
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C.
Camille (1926 film)
Camille (1926 film) is a 1926 American silent romantic drama adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias," starring Norma Talmadge.
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D.
Les Uns et les Autres
Les Uns et les Autres is a 1981 French epic drama film by Claude Lelouch that follows several families of musicians across multiple countries and decades, set against the backdrop of World War II and its aftermath.
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E.
Madame Curie (1943 film)
Madame Curie (1943 film) is a 1943 biographical drama about the life and scientific achievements of physicist and chemist Marie Curie.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film) Target entity description: The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film) is an American biographical drama that chronicles the life and social activism of French writer Émile Zola, best known for its portrayal of the Dreyfus affair and for winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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A.
Camille (1936)
Camille (1936) is a classic romantic drama film starring Greta Garbo, renowned for its tragic love story and considered one of the high points of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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B.
Camille (1921 film)
Camille (1921 film) is a silent drama adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel "La Dame aux Camélias," notable for its early 20th-century cinematic portrayal of the tragic romance between a courtesan and her lover.
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C.
Camille (1926 film)
Camille (1926 film) is a 1926 American silent romantic drama adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias," starring Norma Talmadge.
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D.
Les Uns et les Autres
Les Uns et les Autres is a 1981 French epic drama film by Claude Lelouch that follows several families of musicians across multiple countries and decades, set against the backdrop of World War II and its aftermath.
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E.
Madame Curie (1943 film)
Madame Curie (1943 film) is a 1943 biographical drama about the life and scientific achievements of physicist and chemist Marie Curie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| about | social activism of Émile Zola ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Picture
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | the life of Émile Zola ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Tony Gaudio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | William Dieterle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Warren Low NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
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historical drama ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Life of Emile Zola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Dreyfus affair
NERFINISHED
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Émile Zola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Max Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Academy Award for Best Assistant Director NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Alfred Dreyfus
NERFINISHED
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Émile Zola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Hal B. Wallis
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Henry Blanke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1937-08-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| runtime | 116 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Geza Herczeg
NERFINISHED
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Heinz Herald NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Reilly Raine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
19th century
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Dreyfus affair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starred |
Donald Crisp
NERFINISHED
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Gale Sondergaard NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloria Holden NERFINISHED ⓘ John Litel NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Schildkraut NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Muni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film) Description of subject: The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film) is an American biographical drama that chronicles the life and social activism of French writer Émile Zola, best known for its portrayal of the Dreyfus affair and for winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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this entity surface form:
the life of Émile Zola