Julia

Fred Zinnemann’s sensitive and compelling dramatisation tells of the awakening in the 1930s of playwright Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) to the growing threat of Nazism through the persecution and final execution of her childhood friend Julia (Oscar-winner Vanessa Redgrave). Although the narrative is slight, director Fred Zinnemann endows the film with suspense, sensitivity, elegance and, above all, a beautifully realised and complex relationship between the two women. The film earned nine Academy Award nominations, including another winner in Jason Robards as Dashiel Hammett. Edited for content. HD Wide., Based on Lillian Hellman’s memoir ‘Pentimento’ in which she fondly recalls her friendship with a woman, a former school chum, whose brief tragic life has remained a mystery to this day., The cinematic adaptation of Lillian Hellman’s autobiographical story about her exuberant friend Julia, and how she drew Hellman into involvement with the European resistance movement of the 1930s., Biographical drama of Lillian Hellman, set during the 1930s and starring Jane Fonda as the writer who is pulled into the anti-Fascist movement by her friend Julia (Vanessa Redgrave). Jason Robards co-stars as Dashiell Hammett and Meryl Streep features in her movie debut., The cinematic adaptation of Lillian Hellman’s autobiographical story about her exuberant friend Julia, and how she drew Hellman into involvement with the European resistance movement of the 930s., Oscar-winning drama about the friendship between two women and their involvement in anti-Nazi politics just before World War II. Julia, a disaffected American aristocrat, becomes active in the Resistance and – before she is murdered by the Nazis – persuades her writer friend Lillian to smuggle money to Berlin. Based on autobiographical writings of playwright Lillian Hellman, (1977) Fred Zinnemann’s sensitive and compelling dramatisation tells of the awakening in the 1930s of playwright Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) to the growing threat of Nazism through the persecution and execution of her childhood friend Julia (Oscar-winner Vanessa Redgrave). Although the narrative is slight, director Zinnemann endows the film with suspense, sensitivity, elegance and, above all, a beautifully realised and complex relationship between the two women. The film earned nine Academy Award nominations, including another winner in Jason Robards as Dashiel Hammett. Edited for violence., The film traces the lifelong relationship between playwright Lillian Hellman and Julia, a wealthy girl who turns her back on her upbringing to follow her ideals. In the 1930s, while the adult Hellman (Jane Fonda) struggles to establish herself as a playwright with the help of her lover, Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards), Julia (Vanessa Redgrave) battles the exigencies of the Nazi regime. Visiting Julia in Germany, Lillian realizes how much her friend’s idealism has cost her, both physically and financially. Lillian is asked by Julia’s friend Johann (Maximilian Schell) to smuggle a large sum of money from Paris to Germany, the better to combat the Nazis from within. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and four acting awards, Julia won for Alvin Sargent’s screenplay and Robards’ and Redgrave’s performances, leading to Redgrave’s infamous “Zionist hoodlums” acceptance speech., Adaptation of playwright Lillian Hellman’s memoir about a perilous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany during World War II., Fred Zinnemann’s sensitive and compelling dramatisation tells of the awakening in the 1930s of playwright Lillian Hellman to the growing threat of Nazism through the persecution and final execution of her childhood friend Julia. Director Zinnemann endows the film with suspense, sensitivity, elegance and, above all, a beautifully realised and complex relationship between the two women. Rightly the film won three Oscars, including a Best Supporting Actor for Jason Robards.