Blu-ray
The pawnbroker
Call Number
- BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Performers
Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez, Thelma Oliver, Marketa Kimbrell, Juano Hernandez, Nancy R. Pollock, Raymond St. Jacques.
Publication Information
[Hollywood, CA] : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2014]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (116 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Series
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 subjected to an endless parade of prostitutes, pimps and thieves. Ortiz is Sol's underprivileged and idealistic assistant who dreams of a better life.
Notes
Based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1965.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors > Drama.
- Pawnbrokers > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Jews, American > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Prostitution > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Drama.
- New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama.