Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky (1985)
24m
Running Time
October 1, 1985
Release Date
Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky (1985)
24m
Running Time
October 1, 1985
Release Date
Plot.
A professor is harassed by a man who is convinced he is Jewish.
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Cast & Crew.
Mort Ransen
Director
Susan Almgren
Actress
Harry Hill
Actor
Ron Lea
Actor
Miriam Samuels
Actress
Lisa Schwartz
Actress
Paul Soles
Actor
Nüvit Özdoğru
Actor
Details.
Release Date
October 1, 1985
Status
Released
Running Time
24m
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Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky is a 1985 National Film Board of Canada short film written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Mordecai Richler and directed by Mort Ransen. It is about an eccentric Jewish intellectual who accuses his teacher of hiding his Jewish identity. The film is based on Richler's 1978 short story, "Mortimer Griffin, Shalinsky and How they Settled the Jewish Question".