Justine
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
George Cukor
Anouk Aimée
Dirk Bogarde
Robert Forster
Anna Karina
Philippe Noiret
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Synopsis
In 1938 Justine, an enigmatic Jew in Alexandria, and her husband, Nessim Hosnani, a Coptic Christian millionaire, conspire to send arms to Palestine. Among Justine's numerous friends and lovers are Pursewarden, a British official incestuously obsessed with his blind sister, Liza; Darley, a young Irish schoolmaster; Narouz, Justine's fanatic brother-in-law; and Toto, a homosexual. Arriving in Alexandria, Darley befriends Melissa, a tubercular Greek belly dancer and the mistress of wealthy Jewish furrier Cohen, an intimate of Justine. Fearing that Melissa has revealed the conspiracy to Darley, Justine takes the Irishman as her lover. Enraged by Darley's liaison with Justine, Melissa consoles herself with Pursewarden, to whom she reveals the Hosnanis' scheme. Shocked that Justine has provided munitions for use against British forces, Darley informs his superior, Mountolive, and then commits suicide. Although the Hosnanis are placed under house arrest, Justine quickly charms her captor, the Moslem Minister of Security.
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Director
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George Cukor
Cast
Anouk Aimée
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Dirk Bogarde
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Robert Forster
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Anna Karina
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Philippe Noiret
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Michael York
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John Vernon
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Jack Albertson
Cliff Gorman
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George Baker
Elaine Church
Michael Constantine
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Marcel Dalio
Michael Dunn
Barry Morse
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Severn Darden
Amapola Del Vando
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Abraham Sofaer
Stanley Waxman
De Ann Mears
Tutte Lemkow
Crew
L. B. Abbott
Joseph C. Behm
Pandro S. Berman
Pandro S. Berman
Raphael Bretton
Ed Butterworth
William Creber
Art Cruickshank
George Cukor
David Dockendorf
Bernard Freericks
Jerry Goldsmith
Aaron Haddad
Fred Harpman
Kathryn Hereford
Gemze De Lappe
Edith Lindon
Lawrence B. Marcus
Arthur Morton
National Screen Service
Rita Roland
Walter M. Scott
Leon Shamroy
Irene Sharaff
Jack Martin Smith
Joseph Strick
Dan Striepeke
Maurice Vaccarino
Dorothy White
Saul Wurtzel
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Film Details
Technical Specs
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Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Tunis. Strick was replaced as director by Cukor early in the filming.
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer August 1969
George Cukor replaced Joseph Strick as director.
Released in United States Summer August 1969