Adorable Julia

Adorable Julia (German: Julia, du bist zauberhaft, lit. 'Julia, You Are Magical') is a 1962 comedy film directed by Alfred Weidenmann from a screenplay by Johanna Sibelius and Eberhard Keindorff,^[1] based on the 1937 novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham.^[3] The film stars Lilli Palmer, Charles Boyer and Jean Sorel.^[4] It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.^[5]

GermanJulia, du bist zauberhaft

Directed byAlfred Weidenmann

Screenplay by

• Johanna Sibelius
• Eberhard Keindorff
• Guy Bolton^[a]
• Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon^[a]
• Pascal Jardin^[b]

Based on

Theatre
by W. Somerset Maugham

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Adorable Julia
Austrian theatrical release poster
German	Julia, du bist zauberhaft
Directed by	Alfred Weidenmann
Screenplay by	Johanna Sibelius Eberhard Keindorff Guy Bolton[a] Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon[a] Pascal Jardin[b]
Based on	Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham
Produced by	Rudolf Stering Alf Teichs
Starring	Lilli Palmer Charles Boyer Jean Sorel Jeanne Valérie Charles Régnier Ljuba Welitsch Thomas Fritsch Tilly Lauenstein
Cinematography	Werner Krien
Edited by	Renate Jelinek
Music by	Rolf A. Wilhelm
Production companies	Production de l'Etoile Wiener Mundus-Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film (West Germany) Société nouvelle de cinématographie (France)
Release dates	May 1962 (1962-05) (Cannes) June 1962 (1962-06) (France) 10 August 1962 (1962-08-10) (West Germany)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Austria[2] France[2]
Language	German

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The sets were designed by art director Leo Metzenbauer. The film was partly shot on location in London. It was made with the backing of the German Constantin Film, which produced a number of Austrian films during the period.