''Don't Let the Angels Fall'' is a 1969 Canadian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
George Kaczender
George Kaczender (19 April 1933 – 24 August 2016) was a Hungarian-born Canadian film director. He directed 26 films between 1963 and 2001.
Biography
Kaczender left Hungary in 1956 as a political refugee after studying film and working as ...
. In 1971, it was named Best Foreign Feature Film by the Critics and Journalists Association of Ceylon.
Plot
A Montreal businessman (
Arthur Hill), who's going through a mid-life crisis and on a business trip out of town, has a brief affair with a divorcée (
Sharon Acker
Sharon Acker (born April 2, 1935) is a Canadian film, stage, and television actress and model. Acker appeared mostly on television in Canada and the United States from 1956 to 1992. She played Della Street, Perry Mason's loyal secretary, in ''Th ...
). His family is falling apart and his wife (
Charmion King
Charmion King (July 25, 1925 – January 6, 2007) was a Canadian actress.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television industry in the decade of the 1950s. Fresh out of the University of Toronto's ...
) seems incapable of understanding what's going on.
Cast
References
Works cited
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External links
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National Film Board of Canada Web page
1969 films
1969 drama films
Canadian drama films
Canadian black-and-white films
English-language Canadian films
Films directed by George Kaczender
National Film Board of Canada films
Works by Timothy Findley
Films produced by John Kemeny
1960s English-language films
1960s Canadian films
English-language drama films
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