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Solomon & Gaenor (1999)
Directed by Paul Morrison
“Their tragedy was to fall in love.”
Drama, Romance · 1h 45m
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.
Cast
Ioan Gruffudd
Nia Roberts
Sue Jones-Davies
William Thomas
Mark Lewis Jones
Maureen Lipman
David Horovitch
Steffan Rhodri
Cyril Shaps
Crew
- Director
- Paul Morrison
- Writer
- Paul Morrison
- Director of Photography
- Nina Kellgren
- Original Music Composer
- Ilona Sekacz
- Editor
- Kant Pan
- Producer
- Sheryl Crown
Details
- Original title
- Solomon and Gaenor
- Release date
- 1999-04-30
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- CY
- Spoken languages
- Yiddish, Welsh, English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Arts Council of England, September Films
- Box office
- $301,754