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The Angel Levine 1970 2 stars

    PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jan Kadar
Cast: Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska, Milo O'Shea, Gloria Foster, Barbara Ann Teer, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Stephen Strimpell, Sam Raskyn

  An old Jewish man has lost faith in God due to the setbacks he and his family have suffered over the years. Then along comes an Angel-in-training (Harry Belafonte) whose task is to convince the man to change his outlook.

Lies My Father Told Me 1975 3 stars

    PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jan Kadar
Cast: Yossi Yadin, Len Birman, Marilyn Lightstone, Jeff Lynas, Ted Allan, Henry Gamer, Barbara Chilcott, Carol Lazare

  Set in Montreal during the 1920s, this is a moving story about Grandfather Zaida (Yossi Yadin) and his relationship with his six-year-old grandson.

The Other Side of Hell 1978 2 stars

    TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jan Kadar
Cast: Alan Arkin, Roger E. Mosley, Morgan Woodward, Seamon Glass, Tony Karloff, Leonard Stone

  This is a grim, depressing story of a man (Alan Arkin) fighting to be released from a mental institution.

The Shop on Main Street 1965 3 and a half stars

    N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Shop on High Street

Director: Jan Kadar
Cast: Jozef Kroner, Ida Kaminska, Hana Slivkova, Frantisek Zvarik, Martin Holly, Martin Gregor, Adam Matejka, Mikulas Ladizinsky, Alojz Kramar, Gita Misurova

  Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this story takes place as German soldiers invade Czechoslovakia. Tono Brtko (Jozef Kroner) decides to ignore the rules and hide his Jewish friend (Ida Kaminska) from the Nazis. Kaminska received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Movie Quick Pick

1. The Angel Levine (1970)
2. Lies My Father Told Me (1975)
3. The Other Side of Hell (1978)
4. The Shop on Main Street (1965)
aka: The Shop on High Street

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