A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions. (116 mins.)
| The Pawnbroker (1964) | |
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Rating: 7.8/10 (6,713 votes) Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Morton S. Fine (screenplay), David Friedkin (screenplay), Edward Lewis Wallant (novel) Stars: Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez Runtime: 116 min Rated: APPROVED Genre: Drama Released: 20 Apr 1965 |
| Plot: In a poor neighborhood of New York, the bitter and lonely Jewish pawnbroker Sol Nazerman is a survivor from Auschwitz that has no emotions or feelings. Sol lost his dearest family and friends in the war and his faith in God and belief in mankind. Now he only cares for money and is haunted by daydreams, actually flashbacks from the period of the concentration camp. Sol's assistant is the ambitious Latino Jesus Ortiz, who wants to learn with Sol how to run a business of his own. When Sol realizes that the obscure laundry business he has with the powerful gangster Rodriguez comes also from brothels, Sol recalls the fate of his beloved wife in the concentration camp and has a nervous breakdown. His attitude leads Jesus Ortiz to tragedy and Sol finds a way to cry. | |
