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Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky is a canadien film released in USA on 1 october 1985

Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky (1985)

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Released in USA 1 october 1985
Length 24minutes
OriginCanada

Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky is a 1985 short film written by Academy Award winning screenwriter Mordecai Richler about an eccentric Jewish intellectual that 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".
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