The Pawnbroker

original title:
The Pawnbroker
other titles:
(Der Pfandleiher)
country / year of production:
USA / 1964 (x)
original length:
120 min. , black/white
premiere:
D: June 1964, Berlin International Film Festival
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Edward Lewis Wallant. The Pawnbroker. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1961.
director:
Sidney Lumet
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keywords:
concentration camps , post-war era , anti-semitism , racism , shell shock
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Joseph Lyons. "'The Pawnbroker'. Flashback in the novel and the film." In: Western Humanities Review 20, (1966), 243-248.
remarks:
Was nominated for an "Oscar" in 1966.
availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD