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20 January 1978 (West Germany)
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The story of two women whose friendship suddenly became a matter of life and death. more
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At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 3 Oscars.
Another 17 wins
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21 nominations
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What a cast! What a production!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jane Fonda | ... | Lillian Hellman |
 | Vanessa Redgrave | ... | Julia |
 | Jason Robards | ... | Dashiell Hammett |
 | Maximilian Schell | ... | Johann |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | Alan Campbell |
| Rosemary Murphy | ... | Dorothy Parker |
 | Meryl Streep | ... | Anne Marie |
| Dora Doll | ... | Woman Passenger |
| Elisabeth Mortensen | ... | Girl Passenger |
| John Glover | ... | Sammy |
 | Lisa Pelikan | ... | Julia (younger) |
| Susan Jones | ... | Lillian (younger) |
| Cathleen Nesbitt | ... | Grandmother |
| Maurice Denham | ... | Undertaker |
| Mark Metcalf | ... | Pratt |
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117 min
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Indonesia:Dewasa |
Iceland:12 |
Singapore:PG |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) (1987) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG |
Australia:PG
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Faye Dunaway turned down the role of Julia.
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Continuity: The same locomotive is pulling the train from Berlin to Moscow even though it is a different train. In addition, a single steam locomotive would never have been used from Paris to Berlin, let alone Paris to Moscow.
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Referenced in A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
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Just cast an eye at the credits (Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Maximillian Schell, Hal Holbroke, Meryl Streep, John Glover and others directed by Fred Zinneman in a story by Lillian Hellman) and you know this film is worth seeing. It delivers fabulous performances by some of the best actors of our time, in a carefully -- yeah, sumptuously -- produced film directed by one of Hollywood's most respected veterans, based on a narrative by a gifted dramatist and tale-spinner.
The screenplay blends the two longest episodes in Lillian Hellman's PENTIMENTO, the third, most engaging, and most imaginative of her memoirs. It traces the (largely factual) struggle of Hellman to develop her talents as a playwright under the tutelage of her long-time lover, Dashiell Hammett, and the (largely fictional) course of her friendship with an anti-Nazi activist. The character of Julia seems to be part fantasy, part composite of women Hellman admired.
The film suffers from this blend of fact and fiction and even more from the episodic nature of the intermixed stories. In addition (and to its credit), it does not minimize Hellman's famously abrasive personality. But the characters are so compelling, the performances so outstanding, and the pacing so canny that it holds the viewer's interest for a full two hours.
A flawed but fascinating flick!