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Fedora (1978)
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29 June 1978 (West Germany)
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Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress out of retirement. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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Keep young and beautiful!
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | William Holden | ... | Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler |
 | Marthe Keller | ... | Fedora / Antonia Sobryanski |
 | Hildegard Knef | ... | Countess Fedora Sobryanski |
| José Ferrer | ... | Doctor Vando |
| Frances Sternhagen | ... | Miss Balfour |
| Mario Adorf | ... | Corfu Hotel Manager |
 | Stephen Collins | ... | Young Barry |
 | Henry Fonda | ... | President of the Academy |
 | Michael York | ... | Himself |
| Hans Jaray | ... | Count Sobryanski |
| Gottfried John | ... | Kritos |
 | Arlene Francis | ... | Newscaster |
| Jacques Maury | ... | Head Usher |
| Christine Mueller | ... | Young Antonia |
| Ellen Schwiers | ... | Nurse |
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Fedora (West Germany)
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Spain:116 min | Sweden:114 min | USA:114 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Faye Dunaway was originally offered the role of Fedora, and Marlene Dietrich was asked to play Countess Sobryanski.
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Doctor Vando:
[disbelieving] Jean Sibelius tacky?!?
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References The Song of Bernadette (1943)
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Billy Wilder revisits the territory of his Hollywood Babylon classic Sunset Boulevard, with the same male lead (William Holden) in an almost identical role as a washed-up screenwriter trying to get to a reclusive and mysteriously ageless one-time screen queen in order to pitch her a comeback script. Story elements include Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray and (off-screen) the many mad-doctor yarns of the 1930s and 1940s in which Boris Karloff messes about with Things We Were Never Meant To Know. Looks great in a brittle and glitzy 1970s way, as befits its scornfully depicted international-rich-white-trash milieu. Essentially it's a sombre but humanistic sermon on the hopeless worship of physical youth and beauty: as a medieval English writer put it, "who sows hope in the flesh reaps bones". A very relevant film for our narcissistic times, its only big flaw is that it's a mighty chilly piece of work, easier to admire than to love.