Simon Magus (film)
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.[1]
| Simon Magus | |
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| Written by | Rob Cheek Ben Hopkins |
| Starring | Stuart Townsend |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Background
The film is named for the village fool Simon (Noah Taylor), who is in turn named for the 1st century magician Simon Magus.
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.
Cast
- Stuart Townsend as the Jew Dovid Bendel.
- Rutger Hauer as the squire. He is more interested in poetry than money.
- Sean McGinley as a cunning business man. He competes with Dovid Bendel.
- Noah Taylor as Simon Magus. He is the village fool.
- Ian Holm as The Devil.
gollark: The individual data points do not have much effect. The aggregate does, but *I cannot change that*.
gollark: I mean, if it would be 1 good if everyone did X, but 0.000001 good if I did X, then the possibility of 1 good which I *can't cause* doesn't affect the goodness of me doing it, unless you expect that I can cause that, which is probably wrong.
gollark: Which is correct, though?
gollark: Those are literally the complements of each other, so you can't have one matter and the other not matter.
gollark: I cannot, say, begin taking public transport 50% more, and immediately make everyone else do so.
References
- "Berlinale: 1999 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
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