Adorable Julia

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Julia, Du bist zauberhaft
Adorable Julia
Directed by Alfred Weidenmann
Written by W. Somerset Maugham (novel)
Guy Bolton (play)
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (play)
Eberhard Keindorff (screenplay)
Johanna Sibelius (screenplay).
Produced by Rudolf Stering
Alf Teichs
Starring Lilli Palmer
Charles Boyer
Jean Sorel
Cinematography Werner Krien
Edited by Renate Jelinek
Music by Rolf A. Wilhelm
Production
company
Wiener Mundus-Film
Distributed by Constantin Film
Release date
  • May 1962 (1962-05)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Adorable Julia (German: Julia, Du bist zauberhaft) is a 1962 Austrian comedy film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Lilli Palmer, Charles Boyer and Jean Sorel. [1] It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. [2] It is based on the 1937 novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham, and the subsequent play that Guy Bolton and Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon adapted from the novel.

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The sets were designed by the art director Leo Metzenbauer. The film was partly shot on location in London. It was made with the backing of the German Constantin Film, which produced a number of Austrian films during the period.

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References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.20
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Adorable Julia". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 23 February 2009.

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