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‘The Ice Cream Man’ Writer-Director Robert Moniot On Crafting “Hope” And “Triumph” In Noah Emmerich Led Holocaust Drama

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A Jewish ice cream shop owner faces a gut-wrenching choice when a ruthless Nazi officer targets his family in this riveting Holocaust drama.
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  • Writer-director Robert Moniot based 'The Ice Cream Man' on the little-known true story of Ernst Cahn, a German-Jewish ice cream shop owner who fled the Nazis to Amsterdam, only to be tracked down by the notorious 'Butcher of Lyon'.
  • Acclaimed actor Noah Emmerich stars as Cahn, who must decide whether to flee the country with his family or take a stand against the brutal Nazi regime closing in on his ice cream parlor.
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Robert Moniot, Noah Emmerich, Ernst Cahn, Klaus Barbie, The Ice Cream Man, The Ice Cream Man
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