From "Pentimento," the memoirs of late playwright Lillian Hellman, JULIA covers those years in the 1930s when Lillian attained fame with the production of her first play "The Childrens' Hour" on Broadway. Not surprisingly, it centers on Lillian's relationship with her lifelong friend, . It is a relationship that goes beyond mere acquaintance and one for which the word "love" seems appropriate. While attends the University in Vienna, studying with such luminaries as Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein, Lillian suffers through revisions of her play with her mentor and sometimes lover Dashiel Hammett at a New England beachhouse. After becoming a celebrated playwright, Lillian is invited to a writers conference in Russia. , having taken up the battle against fascism, enlists Lillian en route to smuggle money through Nazi Germany which will assist in the Anti-Fascist cause. It is a dangerous mission especially for a Jewish intellectual on her way to communist Russia. During a brief meeting with on this trip, Lillian learns that has had a child which is called Lilly. Shortly after returning to the States, Lillian is informed of '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 to care for.

Starring:

Ann Queensberry, Antony Carrick, Cathleen Nesbitt, Christian de Tillière, Don Koll, Dora Doll, Edmond Bernard, Elisabeth Mortensen, Francis Lemaire, Gerard Buhr, Hal Holbrook, Hans Verner, Jacqueline Staup, Jacques David, Jacques Disses, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, John Glover, Lambert Wilson, Lisa Pelikan, Mark Metcalf, Maurice Denham, Maximilian S

Genre:

Drama