Ein Zug nach Manhattan

Name: Ein Zug nach Manhattan
Director: Rolf von Sydow
Genre: Drama
Released: 1981-03-08
Duration: 59 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Ulrike Bliefert, Bruni Löbel, Charles Brauer, Hans Hessling

Directed by Rolf von Sydow

Drama

19810h 59m8.0

Overview

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.