Overview
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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Setting
Set in Los Angeles
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Music
Music by Bob James
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Andrzej Bartkowiak
Details
- Director
- Writer
- E. L. DoctorowNovel, Screenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 26, 1983
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Timothy HuttonDaniel Isaacson
Mandy PatinkinPaul Isaacson
Lindsay CrouseRochelle Isaacson
Ed AsnerJacob Ascher
Ellen BarkinPhyllis Isaacson
Julie BovassoFrieda Stein
Tovah FeldshuhLinda Mindish
Joseph LeonSelig Mindish
Carmen MathewsMrs. Ascher
Norman ParkerEast Bronx Children's Shelter Director
Amanda PlummerSusan Isaacson
Lee RichardsonReporter
John RubinsteinRobert Lewin
Colin StintonDale- Maria TucciLise Lewin
Rita ZoharGrandmother
Ilan Mitchell-SmithYoung Daniel
Peter FriedmanBen Cohen
Will LeeThe Judge
David MarguliesDr. Duberstein
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