Emile ZolaFilmography

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Germinal

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Judith Henry

Synopsis: Claude Berri's angry, ambitious epic, based on the 19th-century novel by Emile Zola, re-creates, as does the novel, the gut-wrenching poverty and the intense day-by-day struggles of striking French coal-miners in 1884 at the Voreux mines of France. The film centers upon the bitter toils of Maheu (Gerard Depardieu Read More

1993
Manifesto

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Camilla Soeberg, Alfred Molina, Simon Callow, Eric Stoltz, Lindsay Duncan

Synopsis: This film deftly combines black comedy with sharp political satire. Set in a fictional Eastern European town called Waldheim, a place "where nothing is what it seems," the action is centered around a visiting king, in whom many people are very interested for a variety of reasons. Assassination and Read More

1/27/89
Nana

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Irma Serrano, Veronica Castro, Isela Vega

1985
Therese Raquin

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Kate Nelligan, Alan Rickman, Brian Cox

Synopsis: Originally telecast by the BBC in 1979, Therese Raquin was a three-part, three-hour adaptation of Emile Zola's ultra-realistic 1867 novel. Kate Nelligan starred as Therese, a bored Parisian housewife who found herself entwined in an extramarital affair with her husband Camille's childhood friend Read More

1979
La Peticion

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Frederic de Pasquale, Maria Luisa Ponte

Synopsis: Teresa (Ana Belen) is an aristocrat's daughter and doesn't give a fig for the lives of mere servants. However, she is erotically drawn to one of her servant's sons, and that is not something she will ever ignore. On the night of a party celebrating her betrothal to another aristocrat, she lures Read More

11/22/78
La Faute De L'Abbe Mouret

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Francis Huster, Gillian Hills, Margo Lion, André Lacombe

Synopsis: A dedicated priest in frail health takes over a church attended by peasants who rejoice in the human love life has to offer them. Mouret (Francis Huster) is at odds with the wrathful rector (Andre Lacombe), who instills fear in the parishioners and takes exception to Mouret's embracing of the Read More

10/14/70
Nana

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Katherine Schofield

Synopsis: The oft-filmed "realistic" Emile Zola novel Nana was given the British miniseries treatment in 1968. Katherine Schofield essayed the leading role as ill-fated Parisian courtesan Nana. After fomenting a deadly feud between two of her lovers (who also happened to be brothers), Nana made up for all Read More

1968
The Game Is Over

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Jane Fonda, Peter McEnery, Michel Piccoli, Tina Aumont, Folco Jacques Monod

Synopsis: Under the tutelage of one-time husband, director Roger Vadim, Jane Fonda plays the much-younger wife of stuffed-shirt millionaire Michel Piccoli. When Piccoli's handsome young stepson Peter McEnery comes to visit, Fonda is immediately smitten. When Piccoli forces McEnery into a marriage of Read More

6/22/66
Germinal

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Jean Sorel, Berthe Grandval, Claude Brasseur, Bernard Blier, Lea Padovani

Synopsis: Etienne (Jean Sorel) is a young man who seeks work in the coal mines of South France. After experiencing the harsh working conditions, he becomes a labor activist and tries to organize a strike to improve wages and conditions. He is tormented by the mine owner, whose promiscuous wife steps out on Read More

9/18/63
Pot-Bouille

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux, Dany Carrel, Jacques Duby, Anouk Aimée

Synopsis: The second of director Julien Duvivier's two cinematic contributions of 1957 was Pot-Bouille (Boiling
Pot). Based on a novel by Emile Zola, the film stars Gerard Philipe as Octave, an opportunistic Parisian youth who hops from bed to bed -- and from bedmate to bedmate. Young or old, plain or Read More

10/18/57
Gervaise

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Maria Schell, François Perier, Armand Mestral, Mathilde Casadesus, Suzy Delair

Synopsis: Emile Zola's obscure novel entitled "L'Assommoir" has been made into several films. This is one of the best. In this two hour movie an entire mini-series worth of problems have been compressed about a young woman to whom life has dealt hard blows. Set in the 19th-century, this woman deals with an Read More

9/5/56
Nana

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Martine Carol, Charles Boyer, Noël Roquevert, Jacques Castelot

Synopsis: The most frequently filmed of Emile Zola's works, Nana was given a slick, polished cinemazation by French- filmmaker Christian-Jacque in 1955. Martine Carol is well (if predictably) cast in the title role, playing a poverty-stricken Parisian girl who rises to prominence as a high-priced whore. Read More

8/31/55
Human Desire

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case

Synopsis: Carl Buckley (Broderick Crawford) needs the intervention of his beautiful wife Vicki (Gloria Grahame) to keep his job, so Vicki meets with Carl's boss Owens (Grandon Rhodes), and Carl's job is secure. Insanely jealous, Carl finds Vicki with Owens on board a train and kills Owens. Jeff Warren (Glenn Ford Read More

1954
Thérèse Raquin

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Roland Le Saffre, Sylvie

Synopsis: The grim Emile Zola "naturalist" novel Therese Raquin has been vividly cinematized by director Marcel Carne. Simone Signoret plays the title character, the long-suffering housewife who dreams of a more romantic life-partner than the bourgeois Camille (Jacques Duby). Therese enjoys a torrid affair Read More

11/6/53
Pour Une Nuit D'Amour

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Odette Joyeux, Roger Blin, André Alerme

Synopsis: Also known as Pour une Nuit d'Amour, Passionnelle was based on a novel by Emile Zola. On the verge of an arranged marriage with a wealthy rake, convent-bred Theresa (Odette Joyeaux) flirts with postal clerk Julien (Roger Blin), all the while carrying on a more torrid romance with handsome servant Read More

1946
Nais

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Fernandel, Jacqueline Bouvier, Raymond Pellegrin, Henri Poupon, Arius

Synopsis: Marcel Pagnol adapted the screenplay of Nais from a novel by Emile Zola. The usually mirth-provoking Fernandel plays it relatively straight as a hunchbacked itinerant worker. He loves Jacqueline Pagnol from afar, but is prevented by his handicap from expressing his ardor. Thus he vicariously Read More

1945
La Bête Humaine

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Julien Carette, Fernand Ledoux, Jean Renoir, Blanchette Brunoy

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Emile Zola, La Bete Humaine weaves a mesmerizing tale of a tragic triangle. Train engineer Jean Gabin lusts after Simone Simon, the wife of his co-worker Fernand Ledoux. When Ledoux is in danger of losing his job, Simon offers herself to her husband's boss. In jealous pique, Ledoux Read More

1938
Nana

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Anna Sten, Phillips Holmes, Lionel Atwill, Richard Bennett, Mae Clarke

Synopsis: In this handsomely-staged adaptation of the story by Emile Zola, Anna Sten plays Nana, a woman of the streets who is spotted by noted theatrical producer Gaston Greiner (Richard Bennett). Greiner is so impressed by Nana's beauty that he gives her a part in his latest revue. Almost overnight, Nana Read More

1934
Le Reve

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Germaine Dermoz, Jaque Catelain, Charles Le Bargy

Synopsis: Le Reve (The Dream) was based on a novel by Emile Zola. Raised by a middle-class family, a foundling grows up to become an embroiderer. She dreams of escaping her humdrum existence by marrying a handsome man and living happily ever after. She gets her wish when she weds the foster son of a Read More

1931
Au Bonheur des Dames

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Dita Parlo, Pierre de Guingand

Synopsis: Made at the dawn of the sound era, this long-forgotten feature from legendary director Julien Duvivier marked the filmmaker's last silent work. An adaptation of Emile Zola's 1883 novel of the same name, it stars French screen siren Dita Parlo as Denise, an orphaned woman who relocates to the City Read More

1929
La Terre

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Armand Bour, Germaine Rouer, Rene Alexandre, Milo

1921
Drink

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: Pathe's Drink was based on Gervaise, a "slice of life" novel by Emile Zola. A young, physically challenged washerwoman, Gervaise cannot understand why her boyfriend Lantier has grown cold as of late. She soon learns that Lantier has been won away by a vixenish coquette named Virginia. Angered by Read More

1917