Ein Zug nach Manhattan
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
as Kantor Leon Sternberger
Ulrike Bliefert
as Esther
Bruni Löbel
as Sylvia Hardy
Charles Brauer
as Juwelier George
Hans Hessling
as Rosen
Wolfgang Ziffer
as Rabbiner
Adrienne Kleiweg
as Marya Rakin
Jurgen Kuehn
as Leopold Rakin
Fred Steinharter
as 1. Stationsvorsteher
Max Brandt
as 2. Stationsvorsteher
