Julia
Julia is a 1977 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and written by Alvin Sargent. It is based on a chapter from Lillian Hellman's 1973 book Pentimento about the author's relationship with a lifelong friend, Julia, who fought against the Nazis in the years prior to World War II. The film stars Jane Fonda as Hellman and Vanessa Redgrave as Julia. It co-stars Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook, Rosemary Murphy, Maximilian Schell, and Meryl Streep (in her film debut).
Plot
The young Lillian Hellman and her friend Julia, daughter of a wealthy family being brought up by her grandparents in the United States, enjoy a childhood together and a very close friendship in late adolescence. Later, while medical student Julia attends the University of Oxford and the University of Vienna and studies with such luminaries as Sigmund Freud, Lillian, a struggling writer, suffers through revisions of her play with her mentor and lover, famed author Dashiell Hammett, at a beach house.
Awards
Cast
- Cathleen Nesbitt
- Christian de Tilière
- Dora Doll
- Francis Lemaire
- Gérard Buhr
- Hal Holbrook
- Hans Verner
- Jacqueline Staup
- Jacques David
- Jane Fonda
- Jason Robards
- John Glover
- Lambert Wilson
- Lisa Pelikan
- Mark Metcalf
- Maurice Denham
- Maximilian Schell
- Meryl Streep
- Molly Urquhart
- Patrice Melennec
- Rosemary Murphy
- Shane Rimmer
- Vanessa Redgrave