Justine

Aug 6 1969 R 1h 56m
Drama, Mystery, Romance

In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.

Plot

In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley (Michael York, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden (Sir Dirk Bogarde), the British Consular Officer, with Justine (Anouk Aimée), the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail, and Darley decides to return to England.

Written by

Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence B. Marcus, Andrew Sarris

Directed by

George Cukor, Joseph Strick

Cast

Anouk Aimée, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Forster

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

Français, English

Awards

2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
564
Average Rating
5.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA