The pawnbroker

Resource Information

The work The pawnbroker represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Spokane Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The pawnbroker

Statement of responsibility

Republic Pictures ; Ely Landau and Herbert R. Steinmann present ; an Ely Landau production ; produced by Roger Lewis, Philip Langner ; screenplay, Morton Fine, David Friedkin, based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant ; directed by Sidney Lumet

Contributor

• Sánchez, Jaime, 1938-
• Peters, Brock
• St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990
• Wallant, Edward Lewis, 1926-1962
• Republic Pictures Corporation
• Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002
• Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 1913-2005
• Hernandez, Juano
• Jones, Quincy, 1933-
• Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011

Actor

• Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 1913-2005
• Hernandez, Juano
• Peters, Brock
• St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990
• Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002
• Sánchez, Jaime, 1938-

Director

• Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011

Subject

• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Gangsters -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Holocaust survivors -- Drama
• Criminal behavior -- Drama
• Jews -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Pawnbrokers -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Wallant, Edward Lewis, 1926-1962 -- Film adaptations
• Inner cities -- Drama

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations

Language

eng

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

Awards note

Named to the National Film Registry in 2008 by the Library of Congress ; Nominee, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Rod Steiger), 1966 Academy Awards (USA) ; Winner, Best Foreign Actor (Rod Steiger), 1967 BAFTA Awards ; Winner, Best Written American Drama (Morton S. Fine, David Friedkin), 1966 Writers Guild of America Awards.

Cataloging source

NAB

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; film editor, Ralph Rosenblum ; music, Quincy Jones ; production designer, Richard Sylbert

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Language note

Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Rod Steiger, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez, Thelma Oliver, Juano Hernandez, Marketa Kimbrell, Raymond St. Jacques, Nancy R. Pollock, Geraldine Fitzgerald

Runtime

115

Technique

live action