Release Date

08 Mar, 1981

Runtime

00:59: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Ein Zug nach Manhattan

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Actors

Heinz Rühmann

Ulrike Bliefert

Bruni Löbel

Charles Brauer

Hans Hessling

Wolfgang Ziffer

Adrienne Kleiweg

Jurgen Kuehn

Fred Steinharter

Max Brandt

William Stelling

Crew

Rolf von Sydow

Paddy Chayefsky

Gyula Trebitsch

Götz Heymann

Katrin Dröge

Eric Burger

Rolf von Sydow

Gero Erhardt