Ein Zug nach Manhattan (1981)
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.
- Date of release
- 1981-03-08
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Rolf von Sydow
Casting
- Heinz Rühmann — Kantor Leon Sternberger
- Ulrike Bliefert — Esther
- Bruni Löbel — Sylvia Hardy
- Charles Brauer — Juwelier George
- Hans Hessling — Rosen
- Wolfgang Ziffer — Rabbiner
- Adrienne Kleiweg — Marya Rakin
- Jurgen Kuehn — Leopold Rakin
- Fred Steinharter — 1. Stationsvorsteher
- Max Brandt — 2. Stationsvorsteher
- William Stelling — Kleiner Mann in der U-Bahn
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