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Fedora

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Original title

Fedora

Year

1978

Running time

114 min.

Country

France

Director

Billy Wilder

Screenwriter

Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond. Tale: Tom Tryon

Cast

Music

Miklós Rózsa

Cinematography

Gerry Fisher

Producer

Co-production France-Germany - West Germany (FRG);

Geria Film, Bavaria Atelier GmbH, Société Française de Production, Lorimar

Genre

Mystery. Drama | Film In Film. Old Age / Elderly. Melodrama. Psychological Drama

Synopsis

Billy Wilder's knowing, deliberately old-fashioned homage to a bygone age of filmmaking, it stars William Holden as producer Barry Detweiler. In flashbacks, the producer recalls his efforts to coax aging movie queen Fedora out of retirement, while attending her funeral. Not long before, he had tried to penetrate the phalanx of functionaries who protected the star at the Greek island villa of her friend, the Countess Sobryanski without success. Although his penultimate film, this is truly the director's farewell to moviemaking, an absorbing meditation on age, beauty, and the perils of practicing a profession of illusion.

Awards: 1978: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection (Out Of Competition)

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Fedora

1978

Billy Wilder

7.0

(4,439)