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Release Date: 2001

Cast: A.D. Miles, Chuck Ardezzone, Elizabeth Reaser, Ronald Guttman, Billy Zane, Frank Winters, Summer Phoenix, Joel Garland, Glenn Fitzgerald, James McCaffrey, Natasha Leggero, Ryan Gosling ...MORE

Cast: A.D. Miles, Chuck Ardezzone, Elizabeth Reaser, Ronald Guttman, Billy Zane, Frank Winters, Summer Phoenix, Joel Garland, Glenn Fitzgerald, James McCaffrey, Natasha Leggero, Ryan Gosling, Theresa Russell, Heather Goldenhersh, Tommy Nohilly, Kris Eivers, Garret Dillahunt, Jacob Green, Sig Libowitz, Joshua Harto ...LESS

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The Believer is a 2001 American drama film co-written (with Mark Jacobson) and directed by Henry Bean. The film stars Ryan Gosling as Daniel Balint, an Orthodox Jew who becomes a Neo-Nazi. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. The film is loosely based on the true story of Daniel Burros, a member of the American Nazi Party and the New York branch of the United Klans of America who committed suicide after being exposed by a New York Times reporter to be Jewish. The film follows Daniel Balint, a brilliant but troublesome student at a Jewish yeshiva who has become a... MORE

The Believer is a 2001 American drama film co-written (with Mark Jacobson) and directed by Henry Bean. The film stars Ryan Gosling as Daniel Balint, an Orthodox Jew who becomes a Neo-Nazi. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. The film is loosely based on the true story of Daniel Burros, a member of the American Nazi Party and the New York branch of the United Klans of America who committed suicide after being exposed by a New York Times reporter to be Jewish. The film follows Daniel Balint, a brilliant but troublesome student at a Jewish yeshiva who has become a fanatically violent Neo-Nazi in New York by his early 20s. The film plots his rise through the ranks of a fascist party while he attempts to reconcile his religious past and ethnic heritage with his anti-Semitism. During his childhood, which is shown in flashbacks, Daniel is shown as a highly outspoken Jewish boy who regularly challenges his religion teachers with his unorthodox interpretations of scripture, much to their annoyance. For instance, he believes that the story of the Binding of Isaac was not about Abraham's faith but God's power. He also theorizes that Isaac was actually killed by LESS