At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 21 wins & 26 nominations total
Gérard Buhr
- Passport Officer
- (as Gerard Buhr)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe shadowy person sitting in the fishing boat at the beginning and end of the film is actually Lillian Hellman. Jane Fonda did the voice-over. It was Lillian Hellman only film.
- GoofsWhen Lillian enters the Tuileries Garden with Johann in the long shot, the windshields of modern-day cars can be seen "zooming" past The Louvre faster than cars of the time period would.
- Quotes
Dashiell Hammett: [after reading Lillian's play] You better tear this up. It's not that it's bad, it's just not good enough, not for you.
- SoundtracksMy Blue Heaven
(1927) (uncredited)
Music by Walter Donaldson
Played on a record and Danced by Lisa Pelikan and Susan Jones
Featured review
Serious, splendidly done drama
This was one of the best pictures I had ever seen when it was first released, and after almost thirty years, I still think so, especially after watching the steady decline in quality of product that the film industry has turned out since.
Gorgeously photographed, costumed and written, with some of the finest acting on film, "Julia" succeeds in capturing the texture and truly world shattering issues of a time and place, Europe between the wars and on the brink of cataclysm. Everything about it shines, from the scenes of childhood in flashback to the suspenseful and tense train trip, I watch this film over and over waiting for one scene: the scene between Fonda and Redgrave in the Berlin restaurant. I just saw it again two hours ago and once again I was in awe of the acting, from both stars, some of the finest work of their careers, the direction of the scene and the spare, intense writing.
Whether the story itself was factual or not (Hellman might just have made it all up!) it works on so many levels that it's still worthy, and its truth or falsity just doesn't matter.
Gorgeously photographed, costumed and written, with some of the finest acting on film, "Julia" succeeds in capturing the texture and truly world shattering issues of a time and place, Europe between the wars and on the brink of cataclysm. Everything about it shines, from the scenes of childhood in flashback to the suspenseful and tense train trip, I watch this film over and over waiting for one scene: the scene between Fonda and Redgrave in the Berlin restaurant. I just saw it again two hours ago and once again I was in awe of the acting, from both stars, some of the finest work of their careers, the direction of the scene and the spare, intense writing.
Whether the story itself was factual or not (Hellman might just have made it all up!) it works on so many levels that it's still worthy, and its truth or falsity just doesn't matter.
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- arturus
- Feb 27, 2006
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- Also known as
- 茱莉亞
- Filming locations
- Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, England, UK(The New England beach and beach house scenes)
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- Budget
- $7,840,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,714,400
- Gross worldwide
- $20,714,400
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