Simon Magus (1999)

Directors

Ben Hopkins

Cast

Noah Taylor, Stuart Townsend, Rutger Hauer, Sean McGinley, Ian Holm

The story

In 19th century Poland, a Jew named Dovid Bendel (Stuart Townsend) tries to revive his dwindling shtetl 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.

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