Movie
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979PG1h 45m7.6 / 10
There are three sides to this love story.
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
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Synopsis
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
More about Kramer vs. Kramer
Cast
Dustin HoffmanTed Kramer
Meryl StreepJoanna Kramer
Jane AlexanderMargaret Phelps
Justin HenryBilly Kramer
Howard DuffJohn Shaunessy
George CoeJim O'Connor
JoBeth WilliamsPhyllis Bernard
Bill MoorGressenCredits
- Directed by
- Robert Benton
- Written by
- Robert Benton, Avery Corman
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $8M
- Box office
- $106.3M
Production
Columbia PicturesUnited States- Stanley Jaffe ProductionsUnited States
Themes
abandonmentchild custodycompassionatecouplecustody battledivorcedramaticfamily
