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Daniel

Daniel

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 26, 1983

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

Drama

User Score

67%

Original Title

Daniel

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures, World Film Services

Director

Sidney Lumet

Description

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.