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GERMANY · 1916
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Synopsis
Sally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from school for goofing around. Soon fired for trying to court the owner's daughter, Pinkus lands another job in a more 'upmarket' shoe salon, only to be fired again, before charming a rich benefactress to fund his ultimate dream: Pinkus' Shoe Palace.
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rags to riches · retail commerce · Jewish identity · romantic pursuit · social ambition
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