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Several years after his childhood friend, a violin prodigy, disappears on the eve of his first solo concert, an Englishman travels throughout Europe to find him.

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BBC Radio Announcer
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Martin (17-23)
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Gilbert Simmonds
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Enid Simmonds
Marina Hambro ...
Young Helen
István Fazekas ...
1951 Conductor
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Martin Simmonds
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Helen Simmonds
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Mayor Froggatt
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Jenny Burrows
Eszter Lugosi ...
Clarinet Girl
Áron Rátkay ...
Cello Boy (as Rátkay Áron)
Eszter Túrós ...
Piano Accompanist
Annamária Makai ...
Piano Girl (as Makai Annamária)
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Ellen Stemp
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Peter Stemp
Misha Handley ...
Martin (9-13)
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Dovidl (9-13)
Tamás Puskás ...
Professor Carl Flesch
Jakub Kotynski ...
Zygmunt Rapoport
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Billy the Busker
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Milkman
Zoltán Schwartz ...
Jozef Weschler (as Schwartz Zoltán)
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Mr. Bailey
István Darvas ...
Bar Mitzvah Rabbi
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Warsaw Taxi Driver
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Dovidl (17-23) (as Jonah Hauer King)
Lidia Bogaczówna ...
Asylum Nurse (as Lidia Bogaczowna)
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Anna Wozniak
Zsófi Tóth ...
Young Anna Wozniak
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Mr. Feinman
Joanna Caplan ...
Broche Rapoport
Jesse Noah Gruman ...
Zygmunt Rapoport (7)
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Dovidl Rapoport
Howard Jerome ...
Katzenberg
Chaim Paskesz ...
Frumkin
Pinchasz Weisberger ...
Chaim Frumkin
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Young Rebbe
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Desk Clerk
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Security Man
Jack Martin Haendler ...
1986 Conductor
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Orchestra Manager Sanderson
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Tom Noble
Tamás Masa ...
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band
Bálint Szabó ...
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band
Izsák Farkas ...
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band
Sándor Csányi ...
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band
Endre Kertész ...
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band
György Szentkirályi ...
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band
Zoltán Langer ...
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band
Szabolcs Andrasics ...
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band
Budapest Simfonietta ...
Symphony Orchestra
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rosina Aichner ...
Jewish Woman (uncredited)
Flóra Bicskei ...
Waitress (uncredited)
Kamil Lemie ...
Hebrew Rabi / Polish Doctor (uncredited) (voice)
Balázs Veres ...
Railway Station Guard (uncredited)
Tamás Ábel Winkler ...
Wheelchair patient (uncredited)

Directed by

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François Girard

Written by

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Jeffrey Caine ... (screenplay by)
 
Norman Lebrecht ... (based on the novel by)

Produced by

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Christian Angermayer ... executive producer
Marta Habior ... line producer: Poland
Klemens Hallmann ... executive producer (as Klemens Hallman)
Nick Hirschkorn ... producer
Alan Howard ... executive producer
Joe Iacono ... executive producer
Tibor Krsko ... executive producer (as Tibor Krskó)
Lyse Lafontaine ... producer
Robert Lantos ... producer (produced by)
Randy Lennox ... executive producer
Nadine Luque ... executive producer
Jens Meurer ... executive producer
Mark Musselman ... executive producer
Viktória Petrányi ... co-producer
Anant Singh ... executive producer
Stephen Spence ... executive producer
Peter Touche ... executive producer
Peter Watson ... executive producer

Music by

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Howard Shore

Cinematography by

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David Franco ... director of photography

Editing by

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Michel Arcand

Editorial Department

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Julien Alix ... colorist
Mathieu Bérubé ... first assistant editor (as Mathieu Berube)
Dóra Vaszily ... dailies quality check operator (uncredited)

Casting By

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Deirdre Bowen
Pam Dixon
Susie Figgis
Kirsty Kinnear
Beatrix Nemesházi ... (hungary casting)

Production Design by

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François Séguin

Art Direction by

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Vincent Aird ... assistant art director
Katie Gormley
Magdolna Varga

Set Decoration by

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Lili Bartha
Mercédesz Nagyváradi ... assistant set decorator

Costume Design by

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Anne Dixon

Makeup Department

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Ildikó Aradi ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary
Marie-Josée Beaudet ... hairdresser: Canada, daily
Mónika Berek ... makeup artist: daily, Hungary
Magdolna Berkes ... makeup artist: daily, Hungary (as Madolna Berkes)
Marianne Bobet ... assistant makeup artist: Canada
Noémi Czakó ... makeup artist: daily, Hungary
Magdolna Czégér ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary
Michelle Côté ... hair department head: hair designer
Christophe Giraud ... assistant makeup artist: Canada
Péter Gyöngyösi ... key hair stylist: Hungary
Réka Görgényi ... makeup supervisor: Hungary
Hildegard Haide ... makeup artist: daily, Hungary
László Horváth ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary
Andrea Hudák ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary
Jánosné Kajtár ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary (as Bogyó Kajtárné)
Csöpi Kanizsainé ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary
Gabriella Lõrincz ... daily hairdresser (as Lörincz Gabriella) / hairdresser: daily, Hungary (as Gabriella Lörinz)
Ildikó Makk ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary
Suzy Mazzarese-Allison ... hairdresser: Mr. Owens (as Suzy Mazzarese)
Nuala McArdle ... makeup artist: UK
Zsófia Muri ... assistant key hair stylist: Hungary (as Zsófia Múri)
Orsolya Murányi ... makeup artist: daily, Hungary
Magdolna Márta ... makeup supervisor: crowd, Hungary
Gabriella Németh ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary
F. Kovács Petra ... makeup artist (as Petra Kovács)
Kathya Portillo ... makeup artist: Canada (as Katya Portillo)
Jutta Russell ... makeup artist: UK
Erzsébet Rácz ... hair supervisor: crowd, Hungary (as Ezsébet Rácz)
Ghislaine Sant ... hairdresser: Canada, daily
Jean Scarabin ... hairdresser: Canada
Karen Scott ... makeup artist: UK
Irma Szabó ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary
Diána Szilágyi ... assistant makeup artist: crowd, Hungary
Dorina Szöke ... makeup artist: daily, Hungary
Annamária Takács ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary
Fanny Vachon ... key makeup artist / makeup department head
Felicity Wright ... makeup artist: UK
Éva Zvekán ... hairdresser: daily, Hungary

Production Management

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Gábor Czibere ... unit manager
Ronald Gilbert ... production supervisor
Georges Jardon ... post-production supervisor (as George Jardon)
Marianna Tusják ... assistant production manager
Gábor Téni ... production manager
Melissa K. Webb ... production manager: Splinter Unit Poland & NYC

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Sarah Campbell ... second assistant director
Ariane Collman ... third assistant director
Tihanyi Csilla ... Cast PA / assistant director (as Csilla Tihanyi)
Jamie Hamer ... second unit: first Assistant Director UK
Márk Katona ... second assistant director
Krisztián Kozák ... assistant director (as Kozák Krisztián)
La' Toyah McDonald ... third assistant director: second unit, UK
Andrew Shea ... first assistant director
Szonja Szekerák ... third assistant director: UK
András Szûcs ... first assistant director
Mika Herzán ... set production assistant (uncredited)

Art Department

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János Andervald ... set dresser
Viktor Belágyi ... buyer
Alain Brochu ... construction supervisor
Budai Csaba ... draughtsperson
Karoly Gancs ... storeman
Arnold Gerhát ... leadman
Hedvig Király ... assistant art director (as Hedvig Kiraly)
József Kiss ... supervising construction manager
Balázs M. Kovács ... property master
Bruno La Haye ... props (as Bruno Lahaye)
Raymond Larose ... set designer
Olaf Lyczba ... graphic designer
Viktor Marián ... props
Tamás Orosz ... set dresser/leadman
Steve Patterson ... construction coordinator: UK construction
Olivier Proulx ... property master
Veronika Toldi ... draughtsperson (as Toldi Veronika)
Szilvia Szisza Toth ... art department coordinator
Sofiya Urbán ... set dresser
Beáta Vavrinecz ... assistant art director
Zsolt Ilia ... graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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George Atkins ... adr mixer
Claude Beaugrand ... sound editor
Michel B. Bordeleau ... supervising sound editor
Botond Csizmadia ... sound assistant
Natalie Fleurant ... supervising adr editor
Renzo Garcia ... sound assistant: UK
Bernard Gariépy Strobl ... re-recording mixer
Claude La Haye ... sound mixer
Adam Newns ... adr assistant
Francine Poirier ... dialogue editor
Francis Péloquin ... boom operator
Victoria Rose Sampson ... supervising adr editor: Los Angeles
Joey Simas ... re-recording mix assistant
Karl Sveinsson ... adr assistant
Euan Toms ... adr assistant
Lise Wedlock ... foley artist

Special Effects by

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Balázs Hoffmann ... special effects floor supervisor
Gábor Kiszelly ... special effects supervisor (as Gabor Kiszelly)
Samuel Mcgrath ... special effects assistant
Joe White ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Mathieu Arseneault ... IT manager
Didier Bertrand ... digital compositor
Mathieu Bérubé ... visual effects editor
Guillaume Chainé ... digital compositor
Sébastien Chartier ... visual effects artist
Cyril Conforti ... digital compositor
Marie-Océane Courtois ... digital compositor
Camille Dao ... digital compositor
Maxime Desforges ... vfx editor
Marie-Annick Desrosiers ... digital compositor
Valérie Dugas ... digital compositor
Jean-François Ferland ... executive visual effets supervisor: Alchemy 24
Jessica Francoeur ... visual effects artist (as Jessica Francoeur-Ducharme)
Ismaël Gros ... digital compositor
Bryan Hsu ... digital compositor
Alain Lachance ... visual effects supervisor: Alchemy 24
Marie-Claude Lafontaine ... visual effects producer: Alchemy 24
Pierre-David Myles ... visual effects coordinator
Charles Richer ... digital compositor
Jean-Pierre Riverin ... digital artist
Marc A. Rousseau ... visual effects executive producer
Nicolas Sabourin-Beausoleil ... digital compositor
Andrés Talegón ... compositor
Sonia Wu ... digital compositor

Stunts

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Ildikó Szücs ... stunt department coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Viktor Balogh ... assistant video
Attila Dóczi ... gaffer
Stéphanie Girard-Hamelin ... video assist coordinator: Montreal photography
Levente Györgypál ... electrician
Árpád Horváth ... b camera operator dailies
Nick Kenealy ... video assist operator: UK
Emil Kovács ... Qtake operator: vfx unit
Sabrina Lantos ... still photographer
Miklós Lucsik ... lighting technician
Nicolas Marion ... first assistant camera
Alain Masse ... key grip: Montreal photography
István Ménkü ... best boy
Zsolt Big Nagy ... EPK: cameraman / Epk: cameraman
Máté Oláh ... video assist operator
András Pozsár ... dolly grip
Viktor Racsek ... studio key rigger
György Réder ... b cam operator
Zoltán Schrammel ... technocrane operator
Geoffroy St-Hilaire ... a camera and steadicam operator
Robert Streeper ... Camera Car Driver: Poland Unit & New York Unit
James Sullivan ... camera operator: VFX Unit-Poland Unit
Ákos Szathmáry ... a camera second assistant camera
Barna Trajtler ... second assistant camera
Attila Tumbász ... digital imaging technician
Dániel Vékony ... electrician

Casting Department

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Piotr Bartuszek ... additional cast
Andrea Kenyon ... casting: montreal
Tamás Kertész ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Amelia Ashley ... costume pa
Hédi Bari ... Assistant Costume Supervisor
Raffaella Buck ... breakdown artist
Hélène Bélanger ... costume set supervisor
Cheikh Asaad Cynthia ... costume set supervisor
Anna Dal Farra ... assistant costume designer
Katy Delisle ... truck costume supervisor
Maria Endara ... cutter
Monika Herédi ... crowd supervisor
Mark Holmes ... costume set supervisor
Sosa Juristovszky ... costume supervisor
Virág Kerényi ... key costumer
Virag Kiss ... costumer
Heather Leat ... costume supervisor
Hildegunn Meyer ... costume maker
Nora Pinter ... costumer
Clarke Stanley ... assistant costume designer
József Szolga ... costumer
Krisztina Tilhof ... breakdown artist
Madeleine Tremblay ... costume supervisor
Mátyás Tóth ... dresser
Sarolta Udvardi ... crowd supervisor
Barbara Urbanyi ... truck costume supervisor
Anikó Varga ... breakdown/dyeing artist
Cristy Watson ... truck costume supervisor
Emma Kate Wood ... costume set supervisor

Location Management

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Omar Alboukharey ... location marshall
Gergö Bakos ... supervising location manager
Dávid Csépke ... location scout
Andrew Edwards ... location manager: North East Unit
Joe Gradwell ... location manager: 2nd unit, UK
Paul Howard ... location scout uk
Dávid Surányi ... location manager (as Surányi Dávid)
Antonio Suviri ... locations scout: uk
Domonkos Szász ... location manager
Lex Wade ... location manager

Music Department

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Ray Chen ... soloist: violin
Judith Clurman ... music supervisor
Alan Frey ... Music Production Manager
John Kurlander ... balance engineer
Oliver Nelson ... violin coach and double
James Sizemore ... Music Producer / music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Robert Brinkschulte ... script translator
Louise Thériault ... script supervisor (as Louise Theriault)

Transportation Department

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Marc Arsenault ... driver: cast, Montreal
Péter Bánó ... picture car coordinator (as Bánó Péter)
Pierre Olivier Chénard ... transportation coordinator: Montreal
Sandro Di Gioacchino ... driver: Montreal
David Dufresne ... driver: Montreal
Philippe Gilbert ... transportation captain: Montreal
Bernard Guay ... driver: Montreal
Miklós Horvát ... transportation coordinator (as Horvát Miklós)
Ashley Isaac ... unit driver
Victor Lafond ... driver: cast, Montreal
Craig Leighton ... driver: Mr Roth
Tasso Mathiopoulos ... driver: Montreal
Loránd Molnár ... transportation captain
Simon Paquin ... transportation co-captain: Montreal
Eric Paré ... driver: Montreal
Martin Patrice ... driver: Montreal
David Rosenbaum Jr. ... transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Kárász Anita ... stand-in
Daniel Balogh ... assistant production accountant
Zita Bognar ... supervising production accountant hun
Gábor Bordi ... production assistant
Martin Brisebois ... stand-in: Clive Owen/Montreal
Christina Buchli ... legal counsel / legal counsel: Buchli Goldstein LLP
Sandra Butterworth ... dialect coach
Lizzy Carr ... production assistant: UK
Kate Clark ... production executive: completion guarantor
Christelle Conan ... Miscellaneous Crew: Executive for Ingenious Media
Sam Courtney ... floor runner
Krzysztof Czyzewski ... legal services
István Darvas ... consultant: Judaism, Hungary
Harriet Davis ... assistant: Nick Hirschkorn, UK
Liana Dee ... first assistant accountant
Péter Dóczé ... additional set production assistant
Bobby Finn ... assistant: Mr. Owen, Canada
Christian Fluet ... financial controller
Agar Forjan ... for Ingenious Media
Balázs Fényes ... consultant: Judaism, Hungary
Szabina Gyori ... clearances
Freddie Hatchett ... for Riba Films and Ingenious Media
Mika Herzán ... set production assistant
István Horváth ... 1st assistant production accountant (as Istvan Horvath)
Luca Karafiáth ... assistant: Mr. Lantos, Hungary
Krisztián Kozák ... production assistant (as Kozák Krisztián)
Serge Lamothe ... consultant: director, Canada
Danny MAlin ... stand in/photo double: Tim Roth
Genna McAuliffe ... completion guarantor: Film Finances Canada Ltd
Craig McElwee ... production assistant
Alexandra Mecseki ... cashier
Marianne Messier Petit ... production coordinator
Jennifer Miller ... assistant: Mr. Roth, Canada
Gábor Molnár ... medical team supervisor: Hungary
Loránd Molnár ... production assistant: Hungary
György Márkus ... unit technician
Chantal Neveu ... executive assistant to director (as Chantal Neveau)
János Nádel ... assistant: Mr. Lantos, Hungary
Hannah Owen ... assistant to director
János Papp ... health & safety advisor
Benjamin Perkins ... acting coach: Luke Doyle
Ceris Price ... publicist
János Prihoda ... immigration coordinator (as Janos Prihoda)
Stephanie Provato ... legal counsel
Fári Péter ... Safety & Security
Wendy Saffer ... publicist
Souleiman Saouli ... production assistant
Veronika Sibelja ... location marshal: UK
Aida Tannyan ... Vice President of finance: Serendipity Point Films
Barbara Tenyér ... legal support
Nóra Ternovszky ... assistant: Mr. Roth, Hungary
Zsuzsanna Toronyi ... consultant: Judaism, Hungary
Lipták Zita ... production coordinator
Tim Bentinck ... adr loop group (uncredited)

Thanks

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Rebekah Gilbertson ... thanks
Lindsey Hunt ... thanks
Robert Messinger ... The Producers Wish to Thank
Andrew G. Vajna ... special thanks: R.I.P.

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Plot Summary

Dovidl Rapoport and Martin Simmonds grew up as best friends, each considering the other like a brother. Their close relationship was despite their rocky start upon their initial meeting at age nine, when Dovidl's father, Zygmunt Rapoport, of Jewish faith from Warsaw, brought Dovidl, a violin prodigy, to London both to continue his violin tutelage and to get him out of Poland in 1939, with Martin's parents, Gilbert and Enid Simmonds, they an upper class musical family, taking Dovidl in as Zygmunt returned to Warsaw to rejoin the rest of his family. That rocky start was due to Gilbert giving Dovidl seemingly favored status as a guest in their house, as Gilbert vowed to Zygmunt that they would maintain Dovidl's Jewish faith (despite Dovidl growing further and further away from that aspect of his life as he grew into his late teen and early adult years), and in Dovidl's musical gifts far outstripping Martin's, he a talented enough pianist in his own right. That friendship hit an abrupt end of sorts when Dovidl failed to show up for his first major featured concert in London in 1951, he seemingly disappearing into thin air on his own volition. Dovidl's failure to perform that evening led to financial ruin for the Simmonds, with Gilbert passing of a heart attack a few months later arguably a further result. It's now 1986, and Martin, prominently working in the music business in London, has searched for Dovidl over all these years partly in wanting to deal with what he considers unfinished business, and as he believes that Dovidl may not have had someone to look out for him as he would have. Martin comes into evidence of Dovidl's recent whereabouts. Two parallel stories are then told, the first Martin and Dovidl's time together from 1939 to 1951 which may provide some clues as to why Dovidl left, and the second as Martin follows the leads to locate his "brother". Written by Huggo

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Taglines They Began as Rivals, Then Became Brothers. One of Them Disappears. An Obsessive Search Over Two Continents and a Half Century Begins. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le chant des noms (Canada, French title)
  • A nevek dala (Hungary)
  • Le prodige inconnu (France)
  • La canción de los nombres olvidados (Spain)
  • La cançó dels noms oblidats (Spain, Catalan title)
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  • 113 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Saul Rubinek (Mr. Feinman) is the son of Holocaust survivors and was born in a refugee camp in Germany. See more »
Goofs The Yellow Cab used in the film is 1991-1996 Chevrolet Caprice. This sequence of film took place in the first half of 1980s. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in 2020 Canadian Screen Awards for Cinematic Arts (2020). See more »
Soundtracks Partita for Violin No. 2, Chaconne (Clarinet Arrangement) See more »
Quotes Martin: It's NOT a competition.
Helen: Everything's a competition, read your Darwin.
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