This was one of the first films to deal with the effects of Nazi Germany's concentration camps on their survivors. Sol Nazerman, operator of a pawn shop, and a concentration camp survivor faces a horrid internal conflict. Being engulfed in a New York ghetto Environment, Sol suffers flashbacks. The flashbacks juxtapose concentration camp treatment with ghetto neighborhood treatment. Although, the flashbacks suffer several historical inaccuracies, the point is well made. His internal conflicts between submitting to the same injustices he and his family suffered or resisting the injustice a peak at the end of the film.
8/10。吕美特描绘的生命是被往事困住的囚徒，片头躺椅之上男主一脸麻木的应付家人打算周游欧洲的想法，脑中闪现战前妻子形象，随后又忆起开往集中营的列车、好友趴在铁丝网上浑身鲜血的画面，他早已习惯不露情绪地应付他人，索取金钱排解恐惧，给年轻伙计灌输打劫店铺的冷酷思想，他变得如纳粹般无情。
较早的讨论集中营后遗症的影片。非常精彩的闪回，将角色情绪完美传达给观众。并没有直接描写集中营的恐怖，间接的表现反而更有力，也更新鲜。即便在和平的时代，主人公却一直生活在一个狭小、压抑、黯然无光的典当店中。网格状的铁网以及阴影也将主角一直囚禁其中。麻木的行尸走肉，无尽的悲剧，四星半
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