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The Chosen is a American drama film directed by Jeremy Kagan, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Chaim Potok, published in It stars Robby Benson, Barry Miller, Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger.

At the Montréal World Film Festival, the film won Grand Prix of the Americas, and Steiger won best actor.^[1] Analysis Film Releasing Corp and 20th Century Fox released it in the US in April

Plot

The film is set in Brooklyn.

The story begins during the latter part of the Second World War. Reuven Malter is a middle-class Modern OrthodoxJewish teenager and son of David Malter, a college professor and a dedicated Zionist.

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At a baseball game between their schools, Reuven meets Danny Saunders, another Jewish teenage boy. This initial meeting is acrimonious: Danny accidentally injures Reuven's eye during the game, resulting in Reuven wearing an eye patch for much of the movie.

When Danny goes to visit Reuven at