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11 February 2000 (Italy)
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A magical tale from a Vanished World. more
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Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops...
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A beautiful fairy-tale of the long-lost world
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Noah Taylor | ... | Simon |
 | Stuart Townsend | ... | Dovid Bendel |
 | Sean McGinley | ... | Maximillian Hase |
 | Embeth Davidtz | ... | Leah |
| Amanda Ryan | ... | Sarah |
 | Rutger Hauer | ... | Count Albrecht, the Squire |
 | Ian Holm | ... | Sirius / Boris / The Devil |
| Terence Rigby | ... | Bratislav |
| Toby Jones | ... | Buchholz |
| Jim Dunk | ... | Saul |
| Ursula Jones | ... | Rebecca |
| Cyril Shaps | ... | Chaim |
| David de Keyser | ... | Rabbi |
| Ken Dury | ... | Priest |
| Tom Fisher | ... | Thomas |
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Simon Magus: A Tale from a Vanished World (UK) (closing credits title)
Simon le magicien (France)
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Simon le magicien (France)
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101 min
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Piano Quintet in D Minor, Op 57
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This is a fairy tale about Jews and Christians in an Eastern European shtetl of the XIX century - a world that completely disappeared, which adds to the movie's sentimental value. A fairy tale about a "holy fool" that is generally charming, sometimes scary, brilliantly filmed, and visually arresting.
Unfortunately, it didn't quite do it for me - didn't fully step the line from reality into visual absurdity, but stayed at the threshold, which was somewhat irritating because I am generally not a fan of watching fairy tales on screen. Despite that, it left the best impression on me.