Movies:
Justine
- Rating:
- Genre: Drama
- Movie Type: Period Film
- Themes: Race Relations, Prostitutes
- Director: George Cukor
- Main Cast: Severn Darden, Anouk Aimée, Dirk Bogarde, Anna Karina, Philippe Noiret, Michael York
- Release Year: 1969
- Country: US
- Run Time: 115 minutes
- MPAA Rating: R
Plot
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. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie GuideCast
- Anouk Aimée - Justine
- Dirk Bogarde - Pursewarden
- Anna Karina - Melissa
- Philippe Noiret - Pombal
- Michael York - Darley
- Severn Darden - Balthazar
Cliff Gorman - Toto; Marcel Dalio - French Consul General; Michael Dunn - Mnemjian; Robert Forster - Narouz; John Vernon - Nessim; George Baker - Mountolive; Elaine Church - Liza; Michael Constantine - Memlik Pasha; Amapola Del Vando - Mrs. Serapamoun; Abraham Sofaer - Proprietor; Peter Mamakos - Kawwass; Stanley Waxman - Serapamoun; DeAnn Mears - Woman At Ball; Tutte Lemkow - Prisoner; Jack Albertson - Cohen; Vanessa del Rio; Hillary Summers; Barry Morse - Maskelyne
