Simon Magus (film)
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Director Ben Hopkins Costume design Claire Fra?sse Country United Kingdom | 7/10 IMDb Genre Mystery, Fantasy, Romance Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 17 February 1999 (1999-02-17) Writer Rob Cheek (story), Ben Hopkins Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance Film, Mystery, Historical period drama Cast Stuart Townsend (Dovid Bendel), Rutger Hauer (Count Albrecht - the Squire), Noah Taylor , Ian Holm , Embeth Davidtz (Leah)Similar movies Embeth Davidtz appears in Simon Magus and Schindlers List Tagline misfit - outcast - turncoat - prophet - hero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simon Magus is a 1999 British mystery film directed by Ben Hopkins and starring Stuart Townsend. It was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Plot
A Jew named Dovid Bendel (Stuart Townsend) tries to revive his dwindling village by building a railway station next to it. The squire (Rutger Hauer) agrees to provide the land, on the condition that Dovid will read his poetry. A cunning business man (Sean McGinley) is also interested in the land and he tries to compete using money and threats. The film is named for the village fool Simon (Noah Taylor), who is in turn named for the 1st century magician Simon Magus.
The film contains a Passover scene.
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Simon Magus (film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
Simon Magus (film) IMDb Simon Magus (film) themoviedb.org