Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1; 2.0 Dolby stereo surround; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; digitally mastered. |
Note |
Based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant. |
Cast |
Rod Steiger, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez, Thelma Oliver, Juano Hernandez, Marketa Kimbrell, Raymond St. Jacques, Nancy R. Pollock, Geraldine Fitzgerald. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; film editor, Ralph Rosenblum ; music, Quincy Jones ; production designer, Richard Sylbert. |
Note |
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1964. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
A long time ago, Sol Nazerman was a professor. He had a wife, children. Then the Germans came. Sol survived the concentration camp, his family did not. Now, as the pawnbroker in a shop owned by a racketeer, he grows increasingly bitter and callous, withdrawing still further from the world around him. His eager assistant Jesus looks to him as both a teacher and a father figure, but Sol eschews involvement or compassion. This detachment leads to a tragedy, which awakens Sol's humanity, wherein he can finally acknowledge his burden of grief and guilt. |
Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Pawnbrokers -- Drama.
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Holocaust survivors -- Drama.
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Inner cities -- Drama.
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Criminal behavior -- Drama.
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Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Gangsters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011. Director.
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Landau, Ely. Producer.
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Steinmann, Herbert R., 1902-1990. Producer.
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Lewis, Roger, 1918-1984. Producer.
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Langner, Philip. Producer.
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Fine, Morton, 1916-1991. Screenwriter.
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Friedkin, David. Screenwriter.
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Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002. Actor.
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Peters, Brock. Actor.
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Sánchez, Jaime, 1938- Actor.
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Hernandez, Juano. Actor.
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St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990. Actor.
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Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 1913-2005. Actor.
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Jones, Quincy, 1933-
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Wallant, Edward Lewis, 1926-1962.
Pawnbroker.
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Republic Pictures Corporation.
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Republic Entertainment Inc.
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Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Standard No. |
017153145878 |
Music No. |
14587 Republic Entertainment |
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