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"The story of two women whose friendship suddenly became a matter of life and death."
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
23 Cast Members
Jane Fonda
Lillian Hellman
Vanessa Redgrave
Julia
Jason Robards
Dashiell Hammett
Maximilian Schell
Johann
Hal Holbrook
Alan
Rosemary Murphy
Dorothy Parker
Meryl Streep
Anne Marie
Dora Doll
Woman Passenger
Elisabeth Mortensen
Girl Passenger
John Glover
Sammy
Lisa Pelikan
Young Julia
Cathleen Nesbitt
Julia's Grandmother
Susan Jones
Young Lillian
Maurice Denham
Undertaker
Ted Richert
Lillian's Friend in Sardy's (uncredited)
Mark Metcalf
Pratt
Gérard Buhr
Passport Officer
Stefan Gryff
'Hamlet'
Antony Carrick
Butler
Hans Verner
Vienna Concierge
