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Ein Zug nach Manhattan

Ein Zug nach Manhattan

1981

N/R

Categories:

  • Drama

Overview:

1952 in a suburb of New York: the pious Leon Sternberger is a cantor in a small Jewish community. One morning, he realizes that he has lost his faith in God. There is simply too much misery and injustice in this world. His friend Schames Rosen advises him to ask Rabbi Markus in Manhattan for advice. In the subway compartment, a young woman wants to take her own life because she cannot forget December 22, 1942 in Utrecht. That was the day her family was deported. On another train, he meets a man who also cannot forget December 22, 1942. The unusual events are connected in an exciting way and shed new light on the question of God's existence despite all the suffering.

Rolf von Sydow

Director, Writer

Gyula Trebitsch

Producer

Paddy Chayefsky

Writer

Cast:

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  • Heinz Rühmann

    Heinz Rühmann

    Kantor Leon Sternberge...
  • Ulrike Bliefert

    Ulrike Bliefert

    Esther
  • Bruni Löbel

    Bruni Löbel

    Sylvia Hardy
  • Charles Brauer

    Charles Brauer

    Juwelier George
  • Hans Hessling

    Hans Hessling

    Rosen
  • Wolfgang Ziffer

    Wolfgang Ziffer

    Rabbiner