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Director:
Billy Wilder
Writers:
Tom Tryon (story)
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Release Date:
29 June 1978 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress out of retirement. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
If only more

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fedora (West Germany)
Fedora (Austria) (Liechtenstein) [de]
Den gådefulde Fedora (Denmark) [da]
Faidora (Greece) [el]
Fedora (Spain) [es]
Fedora - arvoituksellinen nainen (Finland) [fi]
O Segredo de Fedora (Portugal) [pt]
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Runtime:
Spain:116 min | Sweden:114 min | USA:114 min
Language:
English | Greek | French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Corfu, Greece more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Faye Dunaway was originally offered the role of Fedora, and Marlene Dietrich was asked to play Countess Sobryanski. more
Quotes:
Doctor Vando: [disbelieving] Jean Sibelius tacky?!? more
Movie Connections:
References The Song of Bernadette (1943) more

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45 out of 63 people found the following comment useful:-
If only, 20 December 2004
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Author: arichmondfwc from United States

I devoured Tom Tryon's book and I made my own film in my mind. Needless to say, I loved it. Then I heard that Billy Wilder was going to direct the film version. Perfect, I thought, perfect. I wanted to write to Mr. Wilder to let him know about the film I had already in my mind, not camera shots, naturally, but casting. There was only one actress who could play the Garboesque Fedora in all her mysterious splendor and that was Vanessa Redgrave, then,at that exact moment in time. She was the only actress who could be all the other actresses we've always known and loved rolled into one. That in itself made her unique, spellbinding. Rachel Kempson a great British actress plus Vanessa's mother in real life, to play the old lady. The film was made with Marthe Keller and Hildegarde Kneff in those roles. I hoped for Terence Stamp to be the actor of Fedora's dreams. They chose Michael York. I remember a review by Pauline Kael I believe, when she came to review Michael York in this film her comment was succinct: "Michael York plays himself, unconvincingly". Maybe this is a suitable case for remake. With all due respect to Mr. Wilder, one of my heroes, maybe Cameron Crowe should have a go.

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