The Quarrel Movie Review 1993

Chaim Kovler is a New York poet visiting Montreal in 1948. In a park he notices a group of Orthodox Jews and discovers one is his childhood friend Hersh. Fifteen years earlier their friendship broke over Chaim's decision to give up the religious life for his writing. Having lost their families to the Holocaust in Poland, both men have immigrated to new lives in North America. They immediately pick up their quarrel over religious faith and its value, particularly in light of the Holocaust. The two characters serve too much as careful ideologues to be compelling and the story turns cloyingly sentimental. Based on a short story by Yiddish writer Chaim Grade.

Distribution

BMG Entertainment, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036-4039, Phone: (212)930-4000, URL: http://www.bmg.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 88 minutes.
Originally from Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Montreal, Judaism, Big Ideas, Period Piece: 1940s, Adapted from a Story, Rabbi

Screenplay

David Brandes

Cast

Saul Rubinek, R.H. Thomson, Arthur Grosser

Director

Eli Cohen

Music

William Goldstein

Producer

Kim Todd, David Brandes, Honey and Apple Film Corporation