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7.1In a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their families.
Released: 1981-08-20107 minDir: Jeremy KaganDrama
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Cast
- Barry Miller as Reuven Malter
- Robby Benson as Danny Saunders
- Maximilian Schell as Professor David Malter
- Rod Steiger as Reb Saunders
- Hildy Brooks as Mrs. Saunders
- Kaethe Fine as Shaindel Saunders
Themes
- friendship
- teenage boy
- jewish culture
- father son relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
2,377 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 5 wins
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Chosen
- Director
- Jeremy Kagan
- Screenwriter
- Chaim Potok
- Cast member
- Robby Benson
- Composer
- Elmer Bernstein
- Producer
- Ely Landau
- Cinematographer
- Arthur J. Ornitz
- Narrative location
- Brooklyn
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 920589
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 1981-01-01
- title
- The Chosen
- distributed by
- 20th Century Studios
- review score
- 77%
- different from
- The Chosen
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