Bambinger

198423 min 50 secFilm: Fiction

Direction: Douglas Jackson

Production: Seaton McLeanAndy ThomsonRobert VerrallMichael MacMillanJanice Platt

Script: Gerald Wexler

Co-produced by Atlantis Films Ltd. and the NFB with the participation of Telefilm Canada and the Global Television Network.

Set in Montréal during World War II, this drama based on a short story by Canadian author Mordecai Richler tells of a family who takes in a Jewish refugee named Mr. Bambinger. The family's twelve-year-old son, Sammy, resents this intrusion, but his resentment turns to compassion when he learns that the ship carrying Bambinger's wife and son to Canada has been struck by a torpedo.

Subject categories

  • Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary Works
  • Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary WorksCanadian Literature
  • Families > AdolescentsProblems in the Family
  • Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > ChildrenHistorical PerspectivesJewish CommunityQuébec
  • Children and Youth > Coming of Age StoriesCultural GroupsLiving Conditions
  • War, Conflict and Peace > War VictimsWorld War II

Credits

director
Douglas Jackson
producer
Seaton McLean
Andy Thomson
executive producer
Robert Verrall
Michael MacMillan
associate producer
Michael MacMillan
Janice Platt
script
Gerald Wexler
camera
Savas Kalogeras
sound
Esther Auger
editing
Richard Todd
sound editing
Bill Graziadei
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
music
Neil Chotem
cast
Hrant Alianak
Diana Belshaw
Peter Boretski
Hadley Kay
Saul Rubinek
Elijah Siegler