Ein Zug nach Manhattan

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.

Cast

Heinz Rühmann

Kantor Leon Sternberger

Ulrike Bliefert

Esther

Bruni Löbel

Sylvia Hardy

Charles Brauer

Juwelier George

Hans Hessling

Rosen

N/A

Wolfgang Ziffer

Rabbiner

Adrienne Kleiweg

Marya Rakin

N/A

Jurgen Kuehn

Leopold Rakin

N/A

Fred Steinharter

1. Stationsvorsteher

N/A

Max Brandt

2. Stationsvorsteher

William Stelling

Kleiner Mann in der U-Bahn