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The Believer is a 2001 American drama film written and directed by Henry Bean in his feature directorial debut, based on a story by Bean and Mark Jacobson. Starring Ryan Gosling, Billy Zane, Theresa Russell, and Summer Phoenix, the film follows Daniel Balint, a Jew who becomes a neo-Nazi.
Aug 23, 2001 · The Believer: Directed by Henry Bean. With Ryan Gosling, Peter Meadows, Garret Dillahunt, Kris Eivers. A young Jewish man develops a fiercely anti-Semitic philosophy. Based on the factual story of a K.K.K. member in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish by a New York Times reporter.
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- Drama
- Henry Bean
- 2001-08-23
Mark Jacobson. Story. A hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination.
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The Believer ★★ 2001. Inspired by the true story of neoNazi Daniel Burros and the New York Times expose that re vealed he was Jewish. In Bean's version, Danny Balint (Gosling) is a ferociously in telligent former yeshiva student whose personal identity crisis has led him to a fascist movement led by Curtis Zampf (Zane) and to virulent antiSemitism.
Jan 26, 2001 · Jan 25, 2001 11:00pm PT. The Believer. "The Believer" is a provocative study of a "Jewish Nazi," a former yeshiva student who transforms himself into a militant anti-Semitic skinhead....
1h 32m. TCM Emails. Inspired by real events, a tale about evolution and contradiction which tells the story of Danny Balint, who transformed himself from a Jewish religious student to a venerated principal in the Neo-Fascist political movement. Danny is an intense young man whose fierce intelligence and...
In this powerful and disturbing drama, Danny Balint (Ryan Gosling) is a member of a gang of racist skinheads who espouses a vile but well-articulated philosophy of anti-Semitism.
