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Daniel

1983 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

6.6/10

Rating

130 min

Runtime

1983

Release Year

Sidney Lumet

Director

Cast

Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Asner, Ellen Barkin

Quick Synopsis

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.

Full Plot Summary of Daniel

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.

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