Kramer vs. Kramer

E43644
American film drama film film

Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 American drama film about a couple’s painful divorce and ensuing custody battle, acclaimed for its performances and emotional realism.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kramer vs. Kramer (novel) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
author Avery Corman ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture ⓘ
basedOn Kramer vs. Kramer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kramer vs. Kramer (novel)
castMember Dustin Hoffman ⓘ
George Coe ⓘ
Howard Duff ⓘ
Jane Alexander ⓘ
JoBeth Williams ⓘ
Justin Henry ⓘ
Meryl Streep ⓘ
characterPortrayed Dustin Hoffman as Ted Kramer ⓘ
Jane Alexander ⓘ
surface form: Jane Alexander as Margaret Phelps

Justin Henry as Billy Kramer ⓘ
Meryl Streep as Joanna Kramer ⓘ
cinematographyBy Néstor Almendros ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Robert Benton ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Gerald B. Greenberg ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Billy Kramer ⓘ
Joanna Kramer ⓘ
Ted Kramer ⓘ
medium 35 mm film ⓘ
mpaaRating PG ⓘ
musicBy Antonio Vivaldi ⓘ
Herbert Spencer ⓘ
narrativeFocus child custody battle ⓘ
divorce ⓘ
parent–child relationship ⓘ
notableFor emotional realism ⓘ
performances by Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Stanley R. Jaffe ⓘ
productionCompany Stanley Jaffe Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1979-12-19 ⓘ
releaseYear 1979 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 105 ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Benton ⓘ
setInLocation New York City ⓘ
setInPeriod 1970s ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kramer vs. Kramer → basedOn → Kramer vs. Kramer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kramer vs. Kramer (novel)
Mary → notableWork → Kramer vs. Kramer ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary Louise Streep
Meryl Streep → notableWork → Kramer vs. Kramer ⓘ