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One of the most popular Canadian films of all time, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz remains a vibrant evocation of a particular place and time; Jewish Montreal just after World War II. Drawn from Mordecai Richler’s classic novel, sensitively directed by Ted Kotcheff, the film gives us some of the screen’s most unforgettable characters, from Duddy, so driven to become a somebody that he betrays everything and everyone, through his family and friends on St. Urbain Street, to the people he enlists and uses along the way: his girlfriend Yvette, the drunken film director he hires to make Bar Mitzvah films, and a host of others. Rarely have we seen such a rich tapestry of personalities on the screen, or such universally fine performances. This funny, sad, memorable film proved that an intensely rooted Canadian story could be a commercial success, both domestically and internationally.
Credits:
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Producer: John Kemeny
Production Company: International Cinemedia,
Centre Productions
Writers: Mordecai Richeler, Lionel Chetwynd
Editor: Thorn Noble
Cinematographer: Miklos
Composer: Stanley Myers
Fonte: Richard Dreyfuss, Michele Lanctot, Ranyd Quaid,
Joseph Wiseman
Clip courtesy of Duddy Kravitz Syndicate | 
