| Description |
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; widescreen; mono. |
| Cast |
Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Ralph Rosenblum ; music, Quincy Jones. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. |
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Based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant. |
| Summary |
Sol Nazerman is a survivor of a WWII Nazi death camp where his wife, parents and children were murdered. His soul robbed of hope, he takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity while managing a Harlem pawnshop. Working with Sol in the pawn shop is an ambitious man named Ortiz, whose own views and aspirations differ greatly from those of his embittered boss. |
| Subject |
Pawnbrokers -- Drama.
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Holocaust survivors -- Drama.
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Flashbacks -- Drama.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, film director.
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Landau, Ely, film producer.
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Steinmann, Herbert R., 1902-1990, film producer.
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Lewis, Roger, 1918-1984, film 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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Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 1913-2005, actor.
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Langner, Philip, film producer.
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Peters, Brock, actor.
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Sánchez, Jaime, 1938- actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wallant, Edward Lewis, 1926-1962.
Pawnbroker.
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Olive Films.
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| Standard No. |
887090076302 |
| Music No. |
OF763 Olive Films |
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