The Pawnbroker

In Nazi Germany, Sol Nazerman a German – Jewish university professor, is sent to a concentration camp along with his family. He witnesses his two children die and his wife raped by Nazi officers before she is killed. 25 years later in New York, Nazerman is haunted by his memories. He operates a pawnshop in an East Harlem slum while living in an anonymous Long Island housing tract with his sister-in-law who is also a Holocaust survivor. Numbed and alienated by his experiences, he has trained himself not to show emotion. This is and extremely strong film, with a very powerful performance from the great Rod Steiger.

Dir: Sidney Lumet USA  1964 (116mins)

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