Forget about what you've seen on Pawn Stars because it will not prepare you for this movie.
In this very unglamorous movie a Jewish Nazi Germany survivor becomes a pawnbroker in New York. He is an emotionless man. He was so traumatized by the torture and terror Nazis put him through that he shut down his emotions completely. He has made himself as cold, mechanical, and robotic as he possibly can be.
With each interaction he has you hope he drops his impenetrable shell that he's shrouded himself in. No one is spared from his frigid behavior, not even his own family. You don't hate him for it, you just pity and sympathize with him.
In this very unglamorous movie a Jewish Nazi Germany survivor becomes a pawnbroker in New York. He is an emotionless man. He was so traumatized by the torture and terror Nazis put him through that he shut down his emotions completely. He has made himself as cold, mechanical, and robotic as he possibly can be.
With each interaction he has you hope he drops his impenetrable shell that he's shrouded himself in. No one is spared from his frigid behavior, not even his own family. You don't hate him for it, you just pity and sympathize with him.