The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)

Directed by

Ted Kotcheff

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Canada

Runtime

2h

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A brash young Jewish man in 1950s Montreal hatches a series of moneymaking schemes to buy land and prove his worth. He scrambles through relationships and jobs, driven by a need for respect.

energeticambitioussharply comicwrydrivenbittersweetfast-pacedearthy

What happens

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is a 1974 Canadian comedy drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, and adapted by Mordechai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd from Richler's 1959 novel. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a brash young Jewish Montrealer who embarks on a string of get-rich-quick schemes in a bid to gain respect. The cast also features Micheline Lanctôt, Randy Quaid, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Joe Silver and Jack Warden. Winner of the Golden Bear at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz has been described as a 'coming of age' for Canadian cinema, as it was both a widespread critical and commercial success internationally. It won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film. The film has been designated as a "masterwork" by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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