Geweldige acteurs in een aangrijpende film uit 1981, gebaseerd op het gelijknamige boek van chaim potok. An ancient evil, thought to be long gone, is unleashed onto the modern world. It won three awards at the 1981 montreal world film festival. His father immigrated from poland in 1921 where he married and had two sons both rabbis and two daughters both of whom married rabbis. Chaim potok s the chosen, about the intense, complicated friendship between two jewish boys who meet in 1940s brooklyn, is one of a select few. Two teen boys live not quite five blocks apart in 1940s brooklyn, but theyve never met because. For example, in one scene, everyone is celebrating the end of world war ii.
Schell and miller, steiger and benson, this quartet delivers a fine adaption of chaim potoks acclaimed novel. The film version of the chosen treats romantic interests differently. When woody allen puts a hasid into a film, its strictly as a sight gag and. The chosen is based on chaim potoks bestselling 1967 novel and has been brought to the screen by producers edie and ely landau. The chosen is a 1981 american drama film directed by jeremy kagan, based on the bestselling book of the same name by chaim potok published in 1967. The chosen is a wonderful film directed by jeremy kagan. He is the son of david malter, a dedicated scholar and humanitarian. The chosen, adapted from the novel by chaim potok, is about two. The chosen stood on the new york times bestseller lists for more than six months. The book was adapted into a stage play by potok and aaron posner and premiered at the arden theater in 1999. The chosen traces a friendship between two jewish boys growing up in brooklyn at the end of world war ii. One is from a very conservative family, and the other is more liberal.
It was distributed by analysis film releasing corp. The chosen, adapted from the novel by chaim potok, is about two brooklyn jewish families in the years immediately after world war ii. Readers of the chosen can benefit from seeing the film version of the novel. It is based off the highly successful novel, the chosen by chaim potok. Set in the brooklyn of the 1940s, the story elucidates the friendship between two young jews of differing factions.
Based on chaim potok s bestselling novel, this film is filled with colorful details of hassidic lifestyle and has strong performances by rod steiger and maximilian schell. A firstrate adaptation of the chaim potok novel of the same name, the chosen depicts the friendship of two young jewish men of widely different beliefs, and their relationships with their fathers. The chosen was made into a movie in 1981, and a shortlived offbroadway musical was produced in 1988. This film really hit home with me and it is a fine. Based on a novel by chaim potok, the chosen has become an annual hannukahseason tv attraction in many cities. Born in new york city but raised in philadelphia, chaim potok chaim tzvi was raised in a hasidic family. Amid the merrymaking, girls are kissing boys, including one girl who kisses danny. If youve read chaim potok s the chosen, you know this story, but it bears repeating. The issues of importance of tradition, parental expectations and the formation of israel cause constant friction.
Reuven malter, the narrator and one of the novels two protagonists, is a traditional orthodox jew. Potoks characterization of manya is less than flattering. Only the chosen can stop him, but will they be enough. The chosen 1981 in 1944, in brooklyn, two jewish kids become friends. Potok s award winning novel the chosen is a story about how two jewish teenage boys find friendship, relate to their fathers and relate to each others fathers.