Cinematography:
Leon ShamroyComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Anouk Aimée, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Forster, Anna Karina, Philippe Noiret, Michael York, John Vernon, Jack Albertson, Cliff Gorman, George Baker (more)Plots(1)
Justine (Anouk Aimee) is a Jewish prostitute living in Egypt who manages to sleep her way to the top. Marrying a financial minister, Justine works her way up from her beginnings as a hooker, but continues to use her sexual allure as a tool to win her and her husband's ends. Along the way, she helps the Jews fight for their own homeland against the British and Arabs. The story is told from the perspective of the English nobleman Darley (Michael York), who first meets the temptress in 1938. The Jews in Egypt are continually pressured by the Moslem majority, who also persecute local Coptic Christians. Justine helps both Christians and Jews in Alexandria receive fair treatment despite religious and racial prejudice. Dirk Bogarde and Anna Karina also star in this story tinged with adultery, incest, homosexuality and religious and nationalistic fervor. This story is based on the novel Justine, one of four which comprise the Alexandria Quartet, by British diplomat and novelist Lawrence Durrell. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Anouk Aimée
France
Best movies:
A Man and a Woman (1966)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
The Best Years of a Life (2019)
Dirk Bogarde
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Damned (1969)
Robert Forster
USA
Best movies:
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Anna Karina
Denmark
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Anna (1967) (TV movie)
Philippe Noiret
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Old Gun (1975)
Michael York
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (video compilation)
Cabaret (1972)
John Vernon
Canada
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
A Special Day (1977)
Jack Albertson
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Cliff Gorman
USA
Best movies:
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
All That Jazz (1979)
The Bunker (1981) (TV movie)
George Baker
Bulgaria
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
Michael Constantine
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Hustler (1961)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
Marcel Dalio
France
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Michael Dunn
USA
Best movies:
Ship of Fools (1965)
The Last Roman (1968)
Fight for Rome II (1969)
Barry Morse
UK
Best movies:
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Power Play (1978)
Richard Angarola
USA
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Severn Darden
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Peter Mamakos
USA
Best movies:
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Cosmo Sardo
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
Abraham Sofaer
Burma
Best movies:
Stairway to Heaven (1946)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Song Without End (1960)
Tutte Lemkow
Norway
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)