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A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.

This unflinching character study trades melodrama for a hollow, clinical look at how trauma can rot a man's soul from the inside out. Steiger captures a chillingly numb existence, portraying a survivor whose survival has become his own quiet prison.

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