Jules et Jim (1962)

Director:

François Truffaut

Writers:

Henri-Pierre Roché (novel)
François Truffaut (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:

23 January 1962 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Friendship | Love Triangle | WWI | Promiscuity

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins

Cast

Jeanne Moreau	...	Catherine
Oskar Werner	...	Jules (as Oscar Werner)
Henri Serre	...	Jim
Vanna Urbino	...	Gilberte
Boris Bassiak	...	Albert (as Bassiak)
Anny Nelsen	...	Lucie
Sabine Haudepin	...	Sabine, la petite
Marie Dubois	...	Thérèse
Michel Subor	...	Récitant / Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Danielle Bassiak	...	Albert's companion (uncredited)
Elen Bober	...	Mathilde (uncredited)
Pierre Fabre	...	Drunkard in cafe (uncredited)
Dominique Lacarrière	...	One of the women (uncredited)
Bernard Largemain	...	Merlin (uncredited)
Kate Noelle	...	Birgitta (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Richard	...	Customer in cafe (uncredited)
Michel Varesano	...	Customer in cafe (uncredited)
Christiane Wagner	...	Helga (uncredited)

Directed by
François Truffaut

Writing credits
Henri-Pierre Roché		(novel)
François Truffaut		(adaptation and dialogue) &
Jean Gruault		(adaptation and dialogue)

Produced by
Marcel Berbert	....	executive producer (uncredited)
François Truffaut	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Georges Delerue

Cinematography by
Raoul Coutard

Film Editing by
Claudine Bouché

Production Design by
Fred Capel		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Fred Capel		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Simone Knapp	....	key hair stylist (uncredited)
Simone Knapp	....	key makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Maurice Urbain	....	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Bober	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Florence Malraux	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Georges Pellegrin	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Ferracci	....	poster designer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Claude Beausoleil	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Raymond Cauchetier	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Fernand Coquet	....	electrician (uncredited)

Other crew
Suzanne Schiffman	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Les Films du Carrosse
• Sédif Productions (as S.E.D.I.F.)

Distributors

• Cinédis (1962) (France) (theatrical)
• MK2 Diffusion (2000) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
• MK2 Éditions (2001) (France) (DVD) (special edition)
• Concorde Filmverleih (1985) (West Germany) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Gala Film Distributors (1962) (UK) (theatrical)
• Slovenska Kinoteka (2004) (Slovenia) (theatrical)
• Suomi-Filmi (1962) (Finland) (theatrical)
• AV Channel (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
• Alpha Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (Korea) (DVD)
• Atlantic Film (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• BIM Distribuzione (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
• Ciné Vog Films (Belgium)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (USA) (laserdisc)
• Fox Lorber (USA) (DVD)
• Fox Lorber (USA) (VHS)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Janus Films (1962) (USA) (subtitled)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (1996) (Germany) (VHS)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV) (1970) (Finland) (TV)
• Sunar Film (Turkey)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
• YLE Teema (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1989) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Les Films de la Pléiade  archive footage source (as Les Films de la Pleïade)
• Éditions Gallimard  book publisher

Also Known As:

Jules and Jim (UK) (USA)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | German | English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/12 (re-rating) (1975) | Portugal:M/16 (DVD re-rating) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:17 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | Sweden:7 (re-release: 2003) | UK:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Les Films du Carrosse

Trivia:

When Jim first visits Jules' home in Austria, Catherine shows him a picture of Jules costumed as Mozart. Oskar Werner, the actor who plays Jules, also portrayed Mozart in an earlier film.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Jim recites La Marseillaise, the sound doesn't quite match up to the way that his lips are moving.

Quotes:

Jim: Either it's raining, or I'm dreaming.
Catherine: Maybe it's both.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Roma (2004)

Soundtrack:

Le Tourbillon

Unconventional Love Story

In 1912, in Paris, the French bon-vivant Jim (Henri Serre) meets the insecure German Jules (Oscar Werner) and they begin a great friendship. When they meet the fickle and independent French Catherine (Jeanne Moreau), they immediately fall in love for her. However the naiveness and fragility of Jules attract the amoral Catherine and she marries him. With the First World War, the best friends Jules and Jim are separated but after the war, they reunite in Jules cottage in Germany. Jim stays with Jules, Catherine and their daughter Sabine (Sabine Haudepin), and Jules tells his friend that he is living together with Catherine, but she has affairs with her lovers. When Catherine falls in love for Jim, Jules asks him to stay with her at his house. Along the years, Jules and Jim live a triangle of love of Catherine, but never affecting their friendship and respect.

"Jules et Jim" is one of the most (or probably the most) unconventional love stories of the cinema history. For a 1962 movie, the daring tale is absolutely ahead of time, with Jeanne Moreau performing a character that never lets her love becoming boring or monotonous, reviving and renewing her feelings and desires with lovers and then returning for her husband. The friendship of Jules and Jim is weird and also unusual, with memorable performances of Henri Serre and Oscar Werner. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Jules e Jim – Uma Mulher Para Dois" ("Jules e Jim – A Woman for Two")