The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1974
Golden Bear — 24th Berlin International Film Festival
- Director:
- Ted Kotcheff
- Studio:
- International Cinemedia Center, Canadian Film Development Corporation, Welco United Canada, Famous Players, Astral-Bellevue-Pathé, The Duddy Kravitz Syndicate
- Starring:
- Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Randy Quaid, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott
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Duddy Kravitz, a brash young Jewish man from a poor Montreal family, schemes his way toward wealth and his grandfather's respect, first hustling at a Laurentian resort hotel and then setting his sights on buying up land around a lake with his girlfriend Yvette. He raises capital by filming weddings and bar mitzvahs and by drawing a disabled acquaintance, Virgil, into a smuggling scheme, ultimately forging Virgil's signature to close his final land purchase. Duddy gets the property and success he wanted, but the ruthlessness of his climb costs him Yvette, Virgil's trust, and his grandfather's blessing.