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Director:
Writers:
Lillian Hellman (novel)
Alvin Sargent (writer)
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Release Date:
20 January 1978 (West Germany) more
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Tagline:
The story of two women whose friendship suddenly became a matter of life and death. more
Plot:
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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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 21 nominations more
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the gathering storm of Nazism more (28 total)

Cast

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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

Gérard Buhr ... Passport Officer
Stefan Gryff ... Hamlet
Phillip Siegel ... Little Boy
Molly Urquhart ... Woman
Antony Carrick ... Butler
Ann Queensberry ... Woman in Berlin Station
Edmond Bernard ... Man in Berlin Station
Jacques David ... Fat Man
Jacqueline Staup ... Woman in Green Hat
Hans Verner ... Vienna Concierge
Christian de Tillière ... Paris Concierge (as Christian de Tiliere)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Lambert Wilson ... Walter Franz
Jacques Disses ... (uncredited)
Jim Kane ... Sardi (uncredited)
Don Koll ... First Nighter at Sardi's (uncredited)
Francis Lemaire ... Train Steward (uncredited)
Richard Marr ... Sardi Customer (uncredited)
Shane Rimmer ... Customs Officer (uncredited)
Vincent Sardi Jr. ... Bit Part (uncredited)
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Directed by
Fred Zinnemann 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Lillian Hellman  novel "Pentimento"
Alvin Sargent  writer

Produced by
Julien Derode .... executive producer
Tom Pevsner .... associate producer
Richard Roth .... producer
 
Original Music by
Georges Delerue 
 
Cinematography by
Douglas Slocombe 
 
Film Editing by
Marcel Durham 
Walter Murch 
 
Casting by
Margot Capelier 
Jenia Reissar 
Juliet Taylor 
 
Production Design by
Gene Callahan 
Carmen Dillon 
Willy Holt 
 
Costume Design by
Anthea Sylbert 
 
Makeup Department
Bernadine M. Anderson .... makeup artist: Jane Fonda (as Bernadine Anderson)
George Frost .... makeup artist
Ramon Gow .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Bill Kirby .... production manager
Jean-Pierre Spiri-Mercanton .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alain Bonnot .... assistant director
Gerry Gavigan .... second assistant director
Anthony Waye .... assistant director
Terry Hodgkinson .... second assistant director (uncredited)
Terry Madden .... third assistant director (uncredited)
Roger Wielgus .... second second assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Pierre Charron .... set dresser
Tessa Davies .... set dresser
John Leuenberger .... props
Pierre Roudeix .... property master
 
Sound Department
Derek Ball .... sound mixer
Leslie Hodgson .... sound editor
Bill Rowe .... sound re-recordist
Peter Handford .... sound engineer (uncredited)
Ken Nightingall .... boom operator (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Paddy Carey .... camera operator: second unit
Guy Delattre .... camera operator: second unit
Charles Lefèvre .... gaffer
Brian Osborne .... key grip
René Strasser .... key grip
Robin Vidgeon .... assistant camera
Chic Waterson .... camera operator
Barry Miller .... gaffer (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Colette Baudot .... costume supervisor
Joan Bridge .... wardrobe designer
Annalisa Nasalli-Rocca .... wardrobe designer
John Wilson-Apperson .... costume supervisor (as John Apperson)
 
Music Department
Georges Delerue .... conductor
 
Other crew
Stanley Burridge .... production accountant
Pamela Davies .... continuity
Van Jones .... production assistant
Paul Chart .... production assistant (uncredited)
Geoff Freeman .... unit publicist (uncredited)
 
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Runtime:
117 min
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This is the first film that Meryl Streep has appeared in that has the name "Julia" in the title. The second is Julie & Julia (2009) in 2009. more
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Factual errors: June 1934 began on a Friday, not a Monday. more
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Dottie: Way down deep he's very superficial. more
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19 out of 27 people found the following review useful.
the gathering storm of Nazism, 11 August 2005
10/10
Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave continued their streak of formidable roles with "Julia". Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) was childhood friends with affluent Julia (Vanessa Redgrave). Julia has since abandoned her wealth and devoted her life to fighting Fascism. She is currently helping the resistance movements in Europe. Lillian decides to bring some American currency to help Julia in her struggles. While in Europe, she can certainly see the imprint of Nazism.

This movie does a masterful job not only showing the takeover by the Nazis, but it also puts some other things in perspective. Since I saw it a few days before the US invaded Iraq, I got the feeling of a similarity in that way. Maybe the fact that someone in my dormitory was playing a somber song on the piano (it may have been the "Schindler's List" theme music) also contributed to that. But either way, the perfect direction, script, cinematography, and performances by Fonda and Redgrave, plus Jason Robards Jr as Dashiell Hammett and Maximilian Schell as Julia's friend Johann, make this a perfect movie.

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