
Daniel
A haunting, intellectually demanding meditation on political injustice, family trauma, and the burden of inherited grief across generations.
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.
Essence
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Timothy Hutton
Daniel Isaacson

Mandy Patinkin
Paul Isaacson

Lindsay Crouse
Rochelle Isaacson

Ed Asner
Jacob Ascher

Ellen Barkin
Phyllis Isaacson

Julie Bovasso
Frieda Stein

Tovah Feldshuh
Linda Mindish

Joseph Leon
Selig Mindish

Carmen Mathews
Mrs. Ascher

Norman Parker
East Bronx Children's Shelter Director

Amanda Plummer
Susan Isaacson

Lee Richardson
Reporter
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