Movie poster for Julia

Julia is a 1977 dramatic film based on playwright Lillian Hellman's Pentimento, which tells the story of her relationship with her lifelong friend Julia, who worked as an anti-fascist in the years prior to World War II. It stars Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell, Hal Holbrook, Rosemary Murphy, Meryl Streep, John Glover and Lisa Pelikan. Julia movie poster File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Julia movie poster File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Drama is a term generally used to refer to a literary form involving parts written for actors to perform. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 - June 30, 1984) was an American playwright and left-wing activist, romantically involved for thirty years with pulp writer Dashiell Hammett. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... Jane Fonda Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, model, writer, fitness guru, producer, and political activist. ... Redgrave in Michelangelo Antonionis Blowup (1966) Vanessa Redgrave (born January 30, 1937) is an English actress, a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty. ... Robards in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Jason Robards, Jr. ... Maximilian Schell (left) in the film Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is a Swiss-Austrian actor. ... Hal Holbrook, or Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr. ... Munich, Germany-born in 1925 or 1927 (to U.S. parents who left Germany at the beginning of World War 2) mostly stage actress; most famous for portraying Sara Delano Roosevelt in the TV miniseries Eleanor and Franklin (for which she won an Emmy) and Eleanor and Franklin: The White... Streep in Silkwood (1983) Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress who has received numerous accolades for her work in movies and television and who, from the 1980s to the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field. ... John Glover (born August 7, 1944 in Salisbury, Maryland) is an American actor, best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor in Smallville. ... Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1964 in Paris, France) is a French actress. ...

The movie was adapted by Alvin Sargent from the Hellman novel. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann. Alvin Sargent (born in 1931 in Pennsylvania) is a multiple award-winning American screenwriter. ... Fred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907—March 14, 1997) was a noted film director. ...

Plot summary

While Julia (Redgrave) attended the University in Vienna, studying with such luminaries as Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein, Lillian Hellman (Fonda) suffers through revisions of her play with mentor and sometimes lover Dashiell Hammett (Robards) at a New England beachhouse. After becoming a celebrated playwright, Lillian in invited to a writing conference in Russia. Julia, having taken the battle against fascism, enlists Lillian en route to smuggle money through Nazi Germany which will assist in the Anti-Factist cause. It is a dangerous mission especially for a Jewish intellectual on her way to Russia. During a brief meeting with Julia on this trip, Lillian learns that Julia has a child named Lilly. Shortly after her return to the United States, Lillian is informed of Julia's murder. The details of her death are shrouded in secrecy. Lillian sadly travels to England to search for her namesake the child she had promised Julia to care for. Lillian's relationship with Julia goes beyond mere acquaintance and one for which the word "love" seems appropriate. Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939) was an Austrian psychiatrist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, a movement that popularized the theory that unconscious motives control much behavior. ... Albert Einstein, by Yousuf Karsh Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist of Swiss and American citizenship, who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century. ... Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 - June 30, 1984) was an American playwright and left-wing activist, romantically involved for thirty years with pulp writer Dashiell Hammett. ... ’’ Raymond Chandler, in The Simple Art of Murder Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

Awards

It won Academy Awards for: Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jason Robards);
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Vanessa Redgrave);
• Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - (Alvin Sargent)

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• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Maximilian Schell);
• Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Fonda);
• Best Cinematography;
• Best Costume Design;
• Best Director;
• Best Film Editing;
• Best Music, Original Score;
• Best Picture.

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Trivia

• Faye Dunaway turned down the role of Julia.
• This was Meryl Streep's and Lisa Pelikan's first film.

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External links

• Julia at the Internet Movie Database