Julie Messinger is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under her conventional facade. Her husband Richard checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong.
Único da família a escapar de um campo de concentração nazista, o judeu Sol Nazerman (Rod Steiger) agora tenta reconstruir a vida nos EUA como comerciante. No entanto, mesmo 40 anos depois, as memórias traumáticas das atrocidades cometidas pelo regime nazista ainda o assombram. Dirigido por Sidney Lumet, o filme foi indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Ator e ao Urso de Ouro no Festival de Berlim.
Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be journalist Myron, writes an article about him, it draws the attention of a producer, Woodrow Thrasher, who believes Dr. Abelman a good candidate for a TV show. The doctor, however, is suspicious of the whole enterprise, thinking both Myron and Thrasher are simply out to make a fast buck.
