The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well ...
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| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Duddy | |
| Micheline Lanctôt | ... | Yvette | |
| Jack Warden | ... | Max | |
| Randy Quaid | ... | Virgil | |
| Joseph Wiseman | ... | Uncle Benjy | |
| Denholm Elliott | ... | Friar | |
| Henry Ramer | ... | Dingleman | |
| Joe Silver | ... | Farber | |
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Zvee Scooler | ... | Grandfather |
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Robert Goodier | ... | Calder |
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Alan Rosenthal | ... | Lennie (as Allan Rosenthal) |
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Barry Baldaro | ... | Paddy |
| Allan Kolman | ... | Irwin (as Allan Migicovsky) | |
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Barry Pascal | ... | Bernie Farber |
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Susan Friedman | ... | Linda |
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The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood. Written by Isabel Piedmont <ipiedmon@indiana.edu>
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Country:
CanadaLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 April 1974 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
L'apprentissage de Duddy Kravitz See more »Edit
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Budget:
CAD 910,000 (estimated)Company Credits
Production Co:
Astral Bellevue Pathé,Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC),Duddy Kravitz Syndicate See more »
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(uncredited)
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Arranged by Stanley Myers
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According to Richard Dreyfuss, he believed his performance in this film was so bad that his career would be over when it was released. This fear caused him to aggressively pursue the role of Matt Hooper in Jaws (1975). See more »Goofs
Although film is set in early Fifties, in scene immediately following roulette game, logo on Pepsi-Cola sign outside café dates from much later - late Fifties or early Sixties. See more »Soundtracks
When the Saints Go Marching In(uncredited)
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The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz (Richard Dreyfuss) yearns to make a name for himself in society..
We start with the idea: "A man without land is nobody." From there, we get to a surreal Bar Mitzvah film, a pinball business, assorted other ventures and possible scams... all so Duddy can buy up some farmland, which he does under another name because he thinks farmers will not sell to Jewish people (although this is not clearly explained).
"Duddy Kravitz" has an important place in Canadian film history because it was the most commercially successful Canadian film ever made at the time of its release, and has thus been described as a 'coming of age' for Canadian cinema. One wonders how things have changed, because it seems that today (2017) Vancouver is one of the most-filmed cities in the world.