The Pawnbroker (1965) starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Steiger stars as Sol Nazerman, a Jew who survived the Holocaust during World War II and now, 25 years later, owns a pawn shop in New York City. Nazerman is clearly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, because he continually has flashbacks to his life in the concentration camp. The unspeakable horrors that he has been subject to are revealed gradually, in flashbacks of increasing intensity, and we watch him crumble before our eyes. This is a powerful film, full of meaning, and not easy to watch. But it is certainly worth seeing. There are no subtitles offered on the disc, but it does have closed captions, which are available on most modern TVs. Grade: A-
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