Julia (1974 film)

Julia
Directed by	Sigi Rothemund
Screenplay by	Wolfgang Bauer
Produced by	Karl Spiehs Erich Tomek
Starring	Sylvia Kristel Jean-Claude Bouillon Teri Tordai Gisela Hahn Ekkehardt Belle
Cinematography	Heinz Hölscher
Edited by	Eva Zeyn
Music by	Gerhard Heinz Karl Michael Demer
Production company	Lisa Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	1974 (1974)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Julia (German: Es war nicht die Nachtigall) is a 1974 erotic drama film from West Germany starring Sylvia Kristel.

It was released in France in 1975 and recorded admissions of 403,892.^[1] It is also known as Summer Girl.

Plot

Cast

• Sylvia Kristel as Andrea (Julia in the English overdub version)
• Jean-Claude Bouillon as Ralph
• Teri Tordai as Yvonne
• Gisela Hahn as Myriam
• Ekkehardt Belle as Pauli (Patrick in the English overdub version)
• Peter Berling as Uncle Alex
• Dominique Delpierre as Hildegard

Production

The film was shot in the summer of 1974, in Verona, and on Lake Wörthersee, Austria and released on 1974-11-28.^[2]

German title

The German title "It Was Not the Nightingale" is a allusion to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 5:
Juliet: Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. It was the nightingale, and not the lark, That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear.^[3]

Sylvia Kristel recreates the balcony scene during the visit to Verona.

References

1. Sylvia Kristel French box office information^{[permanent dead link‍]} at Box Office Story
2. "Es war nicht die Nachtigall..." filmportal.de. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
3. "Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 5". LitCharts. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

External links

• Julia at IMDb
• [1]
• https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/es-war-nicht-die-nachtigall_ea43d4a72e715006e03053d50b37753d
• Julia at the TCM Movie Database