The Lucky Star

The Lucky Star is a 1980 Canadian drama film. Plot A young Jewish boy who escapes from the traumas of the war-torn Netherlands by living in a fantasy world of American westerns. Cast Brett Marx as David Goldberg Rod Steiger as Colonel Gluck Louise Fletcher as Loes Bakker Lou Jacobi as Elia Goldberg Yvon Dufour as Burgomeister Helen Hughes as Rose Goldberg Isabelle Mejias as Marijke Jean Gascon as The Priest Kalman Steinberg as Salomon Pierre Gobeil as Peter Recognition Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Jean-Guy Montpetit - Won Genie Award for Best Music Score - Art Phillips - Won Genie Award for Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium - Max Fischer - Won Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Michel Descombes, Patrick Rousseau - Nominated Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - André Fleury, Claude Léger - Nominated Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor - Brett Marx - Nominated Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor - Rod Steiger - Nominated Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress - Louise Fletcher - Nominated