Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total
Oskar Werner
- Jules
- (as Oscar Werner)
Serge Rezvani
- Albert
- (as Bassiak)
Michel Subor
- Récitant
- (voice)
- …
Danielle Bassiak
- Compagnon d'Albert
- (uncredited)
Elen Bober
- Mathilde
- (uncredited)
Pierre Fabre
- Ivrogne in Cafe'
- (uncredited)
Dominique Lacarrière
- Une des femmes
- (uncredited)
Bernard Largemains
- Merlin
- (uncredited)
Kate Noelle
- Birgitta
- (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Richard
- Cliente au Cafe'
- (uncredited)
Michel Varesano
- Cliente au Cafe'
- (uncredited)
Christiane Wagner
- Helga
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaHenri-Pierre Roché's original novel was based on his own experiences as a young man. The original Catherine was still alive when the film was released and even attended the premiere incognito.
- GoofsWhen Catherine lights the letters on fire, they are at first away from her dress, but in the next shot they are burning on top of her dress.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Las dos Elenas (1965)
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Whenever a commentator declares outright that a film is a complete waste of time and that nobody, BUT NOBODY, should ever watch it, I tend to peg that commentator as an opinionated ass. So I would never say that about a well-respected film like "Jules and Jim." But quite honestly, I can't warm up to it. I've watched it on more than one occasion over the years, and it never fails to put me to sleep at both ends of my anatomy. I've just viewed a DVD edition in which a film scholar clearly explains his views on the fascination of "Jules and Jim." But I still couldn't see why the relationship of these three tedious characters, discussed and analyzed in all its very tedious minutiae by those same characters and an off-screen narrator (also tedious), should interest me. It's certainly beloved by academic types (maybe for those very same characteristics?), and film critics eat it up like it has gravy on it. Like another commentator, I'm a bit puzzled by all the comments about its lyrical, lighthearted and idyllic qualities. I'm left with the impression of a rather dry, academic dissertation on the complexities of male-female relationships ca. 1961 (the 1910 setting seems to me immaterial to the script).
I can't help feeling that I'm missing something, and I'm not averse to French films, but they're usually older, pre-new-wave films, for example "Forbidden Games," "French Can-Can," or Pagnol's "Fanny" trilogy. I take it that the sentimentality of such films is one of the things new wave directors reacted against. If so, I can't jump on their bandwagon, try as I might. I've enjoyed some of Truffaut's work, but not this, I'm afraid.
To those who love and appreciate "Jules and Jim" -- have pleasure of it. I envy you for that, and maybe I'll try it again in a few years.
I can't help feeling that I'm missing something, and I'm not averse to French films, but they're usually older, pre-new-wave films, for example "Forbidden Games," "French Can-Can," or Pagnol's "Fanny" trilogy. I take it that the sentimentality of such films is one of the things new wave directors reacted against. If so, I can't jump on their bandwagon, try as I might. I've enjoyed some of Truffaut's work, but not this, I'm afraid.
To those who love and appreciate "Jules and Jim" -- have pleasure of it. I envy you for that, and maybe I'll try it again in a few years.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Jules und Jim
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $509
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,206
- Apr 25, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $487,117
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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