The film goes inside the life of Sol Nazerman is a survivor from Nazi persecution undergoes terrible days by din of losing his family and friends in the war. He seems to be desperate of the truth and always be obsessed by daydreams from the horrible period in the past. Ultimately, Does he realize the tragedy of his actions?
One of the first Hollywood films to deal with the Holocaust, The Pawnbroker is thematically and stylistically innovative, borrowing some of its devices from the French New Wave, such as brief flashbacks, stylized b/w imagery, and jazzy score.
The Pawnbroker is a paradoxically obsessed with death, yet roaring with life, a jazzy urban tragedy that sees shadows of the Holocaust in the suffering and exploitation of the dead-eyed souls of East Harlem.
