Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ioan Gruffudd | ... | Solomon Levinsky | |
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Nia Roberts | ... | Gaenor Rees |
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Sue Jones-Davies | ... | Gwen (as Sue Jones Davies) |
William Thomas | ... | Idris Rees | |
Mark Lewis Jones | ... | Crad Rees | |
Maureen Lipman | ... | Rezl | |
David Horovitch | ... | Isaac | |
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Bethan Ellis Owen | ... | Bronwen |
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Adam Jenkins | ... | Thomas |
Cyril Shaps | ... | Ephraim | |
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Daniel Kaye | ... | Philip |
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Elliott Cantor | ... | Benjamin (as Elliot Cantor) |
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Steffan Rhodri | ... | Noah Jones |
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Emyr Wyn | ... | Reverend Roberts |
Julian Lewis Jones | ... | Wyn |
A young Jew in 1911 Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door, but to do so he must hide his nationality. On one of his sales he meets and falls in love with a demure young woman with a strong-willed father and a Jew-hating brother. The two fall in love and she becomes pregnant, but only then does she learn of his ethnic background. When anti-Jewish riots break out, the two are forced to flee and become separated. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
It is an useful film for remind what is the true nature of romance. It represents a good opportunity to discover, again, the potential of Ioan Gruffudd art. And to see a version of Romeo and Juliet proposing the emotion of the original as basic thrill defining us. A beautiful film, reflecting high care for each detail and a real touching way to define a lost world.