Julia

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

Cast

Jane Fonda

as Lillian Hellman

Vanessa Redgrave

as Julia

Jason Robards

as Dashiell Hammett

Maximilian Schell

as Johann

Hal Holbrook

as Alan

Rosemary Murphy

as Dorothy Parker

Meryl Streep

as Anne Marie

Dora Doll

as Woman Passenger

Elisabeth Mortensen

as Girl Passenger

John Glover

as Sammy

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"Julia" and "Lillian" have been best friends since childhood. Even as time has passed, the two have stayed in touch and remained affectionate. The former (Vanessa Redgrave) has found herself in Germany in the 1930s and is determined to do what she can to thwart the rise of the Nazis - or, at least, ...

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The great filmmaker Fred Zinnemann, in the twilight of his career, proved he could still direct with the best of them. Jane Fonda plays writer Lillian Hellman. Hellman is living a quiet life with her lover, Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards), as she tries to pound out a play. The duo are a perfect mat...

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