Movie
The Believer
Overview
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. However, he's hiding a secret: he's Jewish-born, a brilliant scholar whose questioning of the tenets of his faith has left him angry and confused, turning against those who he thinks have a tragic history of their own making.
Details
- Release date
- 2001-08-23
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Seven Arts Pictures, Fuller Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ryan Gosling as Danny Balint
- Summer Phoenix as Carla Moebius
- Theresa Russell as Lina Moebius
- Billy Zane as Curtis Zampf
- Garret Dillahunt as Billings
- A.D. Miles as Guy Danielsen
- Glenn Fitzgerald as Drake
- Elizabeth Reaser as Miriam
- Joshua Harto as Kyle
- Ronald Guttman as Danny's Father
- Heather Goldenhersh as Linda
- Joel Marsh Garland as O.L.
Crew
- Henry Bean - Director
- Henry Bean - Screenplay
- Mark Jacobson - Story
- Henry Bean - Story
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