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Ein Zug nach Manhattan

Mar 8, 1981 · 59m
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Drama

PLOT

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.

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CAST

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
Directed by Rolf von Sydow

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Released
Original language
DE
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Production
ZDF, Polyphon, KG Gyula Trebitsch Produktion
Country
DE

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