The Pawnbroker
1964 film directed by Sidney Lumet
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Summary
The Pawnbroker is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,200 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Sidney Lumet[3]
- Screenwriter: Edward Lewis Wallant[4]
- Composer: Quincy Jones[5]
- Genre: drama film[6]
- Cast member: Rod Steiger[7], Geraldine Fitzgerald[8], Brock Peters[9], Linda Geiser[10], Raymond St. Jacques[11], Jaime Sánchez[12], Juano Hernández[13], Morgan Freeman[14], Reni Santoni[15], Warren Finnerty[16], Baruch Lumet[17], John McCurry[18]
- Producer: Ely Landau[19]
- Depicts: identification in Nazi camps[20]
- Director of photography: Boris Kaufman[21]
- Part of: National Film Registry[22]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[23], Spanish[24], German[25]
- Commons category: The Pawnbroker[26]
- Distribution format: video on demand[27]
- Review score: 8.2/10[28], 87%[29]
- Color: black-and-white[30]
- Country of origin: United States[31]
- Publication date: June 1964[32], April 20, 1965[33]
- Distributed by: Monogram Pictures[34], Netflix[35]
- Narrative location: New York City[36]
- Main subject: World War II[37], The Holocaust[38]
- Film editor: Ralph Rosenblum[39]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor[40]
- Title: The Pawnbroker[41]
- FSK film rating: FSK 16[42]
- Duration: 116 minutes[43]
- Set in period: World War II[44], 20th century[45], 1940s[46]
Why It Matters
The Pawnbroker has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]