The Pawnbroker (1964)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Escritores:

Morton S. Fine (screenplay) &
David Friedkin (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

20 abril 1965 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Concentration Camp | Nazi | Jewish | Pawnbroker | Lawnmower

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Steiger gives greatest performance of all time

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

El prestamista (Spain) [es]

Duración:

116 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Español | Alemán

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | Canada:R (Ontario) | Norway:16 | UK:12 (1998) | UK:X (1965) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 (bw) | USA:Approved

Locaciones de Filmación:

116th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Landau Company

Trivialidades:

Morgan Freeman's first movie.

Errores:

Continuidad: In the park, while sitting on the bench, Sol is in slightly different positions between shots.

Citas:

Sol Nazerman: I do not believe in God, or art, or science, or newspapers, or politics, or philosophy.
Jesus Ortiz: Then, Mr. Teacher, ain't there nothing you do believe in?
Sol Nazerman: Money.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Soul Bossa Nova

Steiger gives greatest performance of all time

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.