The Pawnbroker 1964

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NETFLIX Rating : 3.7

IMDB Rating : 7.8

FD Smart Rating : 7.6

Synopsis : Rod Steiger stars as Sol Nazerman, a Jewish pawnbroker and Holocaust survivor embittered and broken by his experience. Sol becomes increasingly removed from his friends and his business in Harlem, which has attracted the attention of a mobster.

Regions Available ( 4 ) :
Guernsey , Ireland , Isle of Man , Jersey

Directors:

Sidney Lumet

Creators:

Morton S. Fine , David Friedkin , Edward Lewis Wallant

Languages:

English

Subtitles:

English

Genres:

Drama

Release Date:

1964

Run Time:

1h55m

Maturity Rating:

Suitable for 12 years and over

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.