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Catsplay (1978 film)
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'Catsplay' is a Canadian drama television film, which was broadcast by CBC Television in 1978.Gerald Pratley, 'A Century of Canadian Cinema'. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 39. An adaptation of the novel 'Catsplay (Macskajtk)' by Istvn rkny, the film was directed by Stephen Katz and written by Timothy Findley.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105767887/ "Prix Anik winner Katz directs Catsplay for CBC"]. 'Calgary Albertan', June 10, 1977.
The film stars Helen Burns as Bela Orban, a woman living in Budapest, Hungary, who is having a love affair with an opera singer (Jan Rube); meanwhile, her sister Giza (Doris Petrie) is living a wealthier but sterile life on the other side of the Iron Curtain in Germany.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105767685/ "Catsplay features Canadian actresses"]. 'Saskatoon Star-Phoenix', February 25, 1978.
The cast also includes Frances Hyland, Moya Fenwick, Angela Fusco and Les Carlson.Blaik Kirby, "Catsplay isn't simple". 'The Globe and Mail', February 22, 1978.
Burns also starred in stage productions of 'Catsplay', directed by Lynne Meadow and translated by Clara Gyorgyey,Allan Wallach, "Theatre Club's 'Catsplay'". 'Newsday', April 20, 1978. for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play in 1978.
The film was broadcast by the CBC in March 1978 as an episode of its anthology series 'Front Row Centre'.
Burns won the Earle Grey Award for best television actor,"ACTRA awards list". 'Regina Leader-Post', April 5, 1979. and Fenwick was nominated for best supporting television actor,[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105768127/ "Front-runners picked for ACTRA Awards"]. 'Montreal Star', March 24, 1979. at the 8th ACTRA Awards in 1979.
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Category:1978 films
Category:1978 drama films
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Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Canadian drama television films
Category:Canadian prison drama films
Category:CBC Television original films
Category:Works by Timothy Findley
Category:1970s Canadian films
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