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Released
1974 · FILM

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

“There's a little bit of Duddy Kravitz in everyone.”

Directed by
Ted Kotcheff
Written by
Mordecai Richler, Lionel Chetwynd
Runtime
120 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Thom NobleShot by Brian WestDesigned by Anne Pritchard

Box Office

1974 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$1.7M

Budget$900K
Worldwide gross$1.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Duddy will hoch hinausde
  • El aprendizaje de Duddy Kravitzes
  • L'Apprentissage de Duddy Kravitzfr
  • Soldi ad ogni costoit

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