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Solomon & Gaenor(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-04-30
58%
18 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
Their tragedy was to fall in love.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Welsh, Yiddish.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Revenue: $301,754.00
ProductionCompanies: 
September Films
Movie: Solomon & Gaenor
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ioan Gruffudd
Solomon Levinsky
Nia Roberts
Gaenor Rees
Sue Jones-Davies
Gwen
William Thomas
Idris Rees
Mark Lewis Jones
Crad Rees
Maureen Lipman
Rezl
David Horovitch
Isaac
Steffan Rhodri
Noah Jones
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