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John and Julie

German title: Verliebt in eine Königin
Francaise title: John et Julie
Spain title: John y Julie
Russian title: Джон и Джули
Original title: John and Julie

Alternative titles:
John & Julie

Family comedy – United Kingdom
Production year: 1955
Movie length: 82 minutes

Director: William Fairchild
Writer: William Fairchild

Movie description:

This film records the adventures of two young children, John and Julie, who go to London on their own to watch the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953, meeting various eccentrics on the way.

Six-year-old Julie’s greatest dream is to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London. So she charms her 12-year-old friend John into reluctantly running away with her to Buckingham Palace. The pair hops trains, »borrow« stray bicycles, and do whatever it takes to get to London on time. With the help of several eccentric types, they are able to see the Queen’s coronation.

Julie is not a happy little girl. The coronation of Elizabeth is going to occur in a couple of days’ time and she is not able to go, and she so wants to see the Queen wearing her crown. Someone in her class at school is going, and Julie is very envious, asking her teacher Miss Stokes to accompany her there, but she turns her down. There’s only one option left to the child and that is to rely on her good friend John who initially refuses to go with her, yet as he has an uncle who is a guardsman in London, the next day he thinks, well, why not?

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