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Release Date:
20 April 1965 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Most Talked About Picture!
Plot:
A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Concentration Camp
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Flashback
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Nazi
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Pawnbroker
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Jewish
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 7 wins
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5 nominations
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(4 articles)
The Pawnbroker Movie Review
(From MoviesOnline. 22 April 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)
The Pawnbroker Movie Review
(From MoviesOnline. 19 April 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)
(From MoviesOnline. 22 April 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)
The Pawnbroker Movie Review
(From MoviesOnline. 19 April 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)
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Steiger gives greatest performance of all time
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Rod Steiger | ... | Sol Nazerman |
 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | ... | Marilyn Birchfield |
 | Brock Peters | ... | Rodriguez |
 | Jaime Sánchez | ... | Jesus Ortiz (as Jaime Sanchez) |
| Thelma Oliver | ... | Ortiz' Girl |
| Marketa Kimbrell | ... | Tessie |
| Baruch Lumet | ... | Mendel |
| Juano Hernandez | ... | Mr. Smith |
| Linda Geiser | ... | Ruth |
| Nancy R. Pollock | ... | Bertha |
| Raymond St. Jacques | ... | Tangee |
| John McCurry | ... | Buck |
| Ed Morehouse | ... | Robinson |
| Eusebia Cosme | ... | Mrs. Ortiz |
| Warren Finnerty | ... | Savarese |
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116 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
Canada:R (Ontario) |
Norway:16 |
UK:12 (1998) |
UK:X (1965) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
West Germany:16 (bw) |
USA:Approved
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The first US film to show a nude woman from the waist up and be granted a Production Code Seal.
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Continuity: As Jesus runs down the street, his shirt changes from a V-neck to a turtle neck, and then back again.
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Quotes:
Marilyn Birchfield:
What makes you so bitter?
Sol Nazerman: Bitter?
[chuckles]
Sol Nazerman: No, no, Miss Birchfield, I am not *bitter*. No, that passed me by a million years ago. I'm a man of no anger. I have no desire for vengeance for what was done to me. I have escaped from the emotions. I am safe within myself. All I ask and want is peace and quiet.
Marilyn Birchfield: Why haven't you found them?
Sol Nazerman: Because people like you will not let me. Miss Birchfield, you have made the afternoon very tedious with your constant search for an answer. And one more thing: please, stay out of my life.
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Sol Nazerman: Bitter?
[chuckles]
Sol Nazerman: No, no, Miss Birchfield, I am not *bitter*. No, that passed me by a million years ago. I'm a man of no anger. I have no desire for vengeance for what was done to me. I have escaped from the emotions. I am safe within myself. All I ask and want is peace and quiet.
Marilyn Birchfield: Why haven't you found them?
Sol Nazerman: Because people like you will not let me. Miss Birchfield, you have made the afternoon very tedious with your constant search for an answer. And one more thing: please, stay out of my life.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
I Don't Wanna Be a Loser
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Rod Steiger gives the greatest lead-actor performance I have ever seen in the title role of the Pawnbroker. Lumet's direction strikes no false note and neither does the incredibly well-researched and painfully honest script. It's hard to believe how virtually forgotten this true masterpiece of a survivor's private hell. It shows very vividly that even those of us lucky enough to survive the camps need to be ever more rare of spirit to survive without significant trauma scars. Steiger extracts every piece of emotion from his character with a performance that exceeds all that came before it and has never been surpassed. Every aspiring actor needs to view Steiger's performance to realize how magnificent it truly is.