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Lies My Father Told Me is a 1975 Canadian drama film made in Montreal, Quebec. It was directed by Ján Kadár and stars Jeffrey Lynas as an orthodox Jewish boy growing up in 1920s Montreal. The film received the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film in 1975. The original story was written by Ted Allan in 1949. Allan was working at an ...
Sep 26, 1975 · Lies My Father Told Me: Directed by Ján Kadár. With Yossi Yadin, Len Birman, Marilyn Lightstone, Jeff Lynas. A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.
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- Ján Kadár
- 1975-09-26
"Lies My Father Told Me" (Canadian - 1975) (Director: Jan Kadar; Writer: Ted Allan) - Pt. 1 of 4 - A story about David Herman, a young Jewish boy growing up in the Montreal ghetto in the early...
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Lies My Father Told Me. David (Jeffrey Lynas) is a young Jewish boy growing up in Montreal in the 1920s. His father, Harry (Len Birman), a self-consumed inventor who yearns for assimilation and...
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- Jan Kadar
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- Jeff Lynas
Lies My Father Told Me. Jan Kadar's "Lies My Father Told Me" isn't about lies, really, but about certain truths that a little boy and his grandfather fiercely refuse to accept. The boy, who's about 8 years old, is just at that age when we start making choices in our lives, and taking sides.
A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.
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1975 Canada Directed by Ján Kadár Produced by Anthony Bedrich, Harry Gulkin Featuring Yossi Yadin, Len Birman, Marilyn Lightstone