The Pawnbroker

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American drama film film

The Pawnbroker is a 1964 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, renowned for Rod Steiger’s powerful portrayal of a Holocaust survivor running a Harlem pawnshop.

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Label Occurrences
The Pawnbroker canonical 14
The Pawnbroker (novel) 2
The Pawnbroker (1964 film) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Best Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ
academyAwardNominee Rod Steiger ⓘ
artDirector Richard Sylbert ⓘ
basedOn The Pawnbroker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Pawnbroker (novel)
basedOnAuthor Edward Lewis Wallant ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Boris Kaufman ⓘ
costumeDesigner Anna Hill Johnstone ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sidney Lumet ⓘ
discussesTheme Holocaust trauma ⓘ
emotional alienation ⓘ
survivor’s guilt ⓘ
urban poverty ⓘ
distributor Allied Artists Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Ralph Rosenblum ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
hasFilmRating high critical acclaim ⓘ
mainCharacter Sol Nazerman ⓘ
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Rod Steiger ⓘ
mpaaRating Approved ⓘ
musicBy Quincy Jones ⓘ
notableFor Rod Steiger’s acclaimed performance ⓘ
early use of flashbacks to depict Holocaust memories in American cinema ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Sidney Lumet filmography ⓘ
plotSummary A Holocaust survivor runs a pawnshop in Harlem while struggling with trauma and emotional detachment. ⓘ
producer Herbert R. Steinmann ⓘ
Philip Langner ⓘ
protagonistBackground Holocaust survivor ⓘ
releaseDate 1964-04-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1964 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 116 ⓘ
screenwriter David Friedkin ⓘ
Morton Fine ⓘ
settingCity New York City ⓘ
settingLocation Harlem ⓘ
starring Brock Peters ⓘ
Geraldine Fitzgerald ⓘ
Jaime Sánchez ⓘ
Rod Steiger ⓘ
Thelma Oliver ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted post–World War II era ⓘ
title The Pawnbroker self-link ⓘ

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Rod Steiger → notableWork → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Rod Steiger → portrayedIn → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Sidney Lumet → notableWork → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Jewish American literature → hasNotableWork → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Geraldine Fitzgerald → notableWork → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Juano Hernandez → notableWork → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Rodney Stephen Steiger → notableWork → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
subject surface form: Rod Steiger
Rodney Stephen Steiger → characterIn → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
subject surface form: Rod Steiger
The Pawnbroker → title → The Pawnbroker self-link ⓘ
The Pawnbroker → basedOn → The Pawnbroker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pawnbroker (novel)
Sol Nazerman → appearsIn → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Sol Nazerman → notableWork → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Sol Nazerman → basedOn → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pawnbroker (novel)
Ralph Rosenblum → notableWork → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Boris Kaufman → notableWork → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Boris Kaufman → workedOnFilm → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
Joseph E. Levine → notableWork → The Pawnbroker ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pawnbroker (1964 film)