The Chosen

E279647
American drama film film

The Chosen is a 1981 American drama film adaptation of Chaim Potok’s novel about the friendship of two Jewish boys in 1940s Brooklyn, exploring themes of faith, tradition, and father-son relationships.

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Label Occurrences
The Chosen canonical 5
The Chosen (novel) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Chaim Potok ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Prix des Amériques ⓘ
awardReceivedFrom Montreal World Film Festival ⓘ
basedOn The Chosen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Chosen (novel)
castMember Barry Miller ⓘ
Hildy Brooks ⓘ
John P. Ryan ⓘ
Lonny Price ⓘ
Maximilian Schell ⓘ
Robby Benson ⓘ
Rod Steiger ⓘ
Ron Rifkin ⓘ
character David Malter ⓘ
Reb Saunders ⓘ
cinematographyBy Arthur J. Ornitz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Jeremy Kagan ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Andrew London ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
mainCharacter Danny Saunders ⓘ
Reuven Malter ⓘ
mainTheme Hasidism ⓘ
surface form: Hasidic Judaism

Judaism ⓘ
Zionism ⓘ
faith ⓘ
father–son relationships ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
tradition ⓘ
musicBy Elmer Bernstein ⓘ
narrativeFocus friendship between two Jewish boys ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays American Jewish life in the 1940s ⓘ
Hasidic Jewish community ⓘ
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
producer Edie Landau ⓘ
Mollie Falk ⓘ
releaseYear 1981 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 108 ⓘ
screenwriter Chaim Potok ⓘ
Edwin Gordon ⓘ
settingCity New York City ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingPlace Brooklyn ⓘ
settingTimePeriod 1940s ⓘ

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Rod Steiger → notableWork → The Chosen ⓘ
Jewish American literature → hasNotableWork → The Chosen ⓘ
Kathryn Walker → notableWork → The Chosen ⓘ
The Chosen → basedOn → The Chosen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Chosen (novel)
Alex Rodríguez → notableWork → The Chosen ⓘ
Chaim Potok → notableWork → The Chosen ⓘ