Ein Zug nach Manhattan
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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
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Heinz Rühmann
Kantor Leon Sternberger
Known for
The Punch Bowl
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Ulrike Bliefert
Esther
Known for
The Samurai
Bruni Löbel
Sylvia Hardy
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Charles Brauer
Juwelier George
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Rosa Luxemburg
Hans Hessling
Rosen
Also in
The Brave Little Tailor
The Last Pedestrian
Wolfgang Ziffer
Rabbiner
Also in
Benjamin the Elephant
Stowaways on the Ark
Adrienne Kleiweg
Marya Rakin
Also in
Briefgeheim
De appelgaard
Jurgen Kuehn
Leopold Rakin
Also in
You Can't Go Home Again
Fred Steinharter
1. Stationsvorsteher
Also in
Witness
Kojak
Max Brandt
2. Stationsvorsteher
Also in
Frankenhooker
Born to Win
William Stelling
Kleiner Mann in der U-Bahn
Also in
Doomed to Die
13 Lead Soldiers
Rolf von Sydow Director · Paddy Chayefsky Writer Gero Erhardt Cinematographer
First release March 8, 1981 · Produced in Germany · Languages Dutch, German
Production
ZDF
Production
Polyphon
Production
KG Gyula Trebitsch Produktion
Production
Polyphon Film-und Fernsehgesellschaft
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
Dutch · German
Release dates
Germany · March 8, 1981
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No release date listed for United States.
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