--- title: 'The Chosen (1981)' type: 'film' director: 'Jeremy Kagan' released: '1981-01-01' runtime_minutes: 108 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-chosen-1981' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082175/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Chosen (1981) 1981 · 108 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis The Chosen is a 1981 American drama film directed by Jeremy Kagan, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Chaim Potok, published in 1967. It stars Robby Benson, Barry Miller, Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger. At the 1981 Montreal World Film Festival, the film won Grand Prix of the Americas, and Steiger won best actor. Analysis Film Releasing Corp and 20th Century Fox released it in the US in April 1982. ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Chaim Potok](https://cinepixo.com/people/chaim-potok) - **Director:** [Jeremy Kagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-kagan) - **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein) - **Producer:** [Ely Landau](https://cinepixo.com/people/ely-landau) - **Director of Photography:** [Arthur J. Ornitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-j-ornitz) ## Cast - [Ed Herlihy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-herlihy) - [Evan Handler](https://cinepixo.com/people/evan-handler) - [Robert John Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-john-burke) - [Ron Rifkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-rifkin) - [Barry Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-miller) - [John Pankow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-pankow) - [Robby Benson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robby-benson) - [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell) - [Rod Steiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/rod-steiger) - [Chaim Potok](https://cinepixo.com/people/chaim-potok) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-chosen-1981 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4198355); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.