Simon Magus

"Misfit. Outcast. Turncoat. Prophet. Hero."

Feb 11 2000 N/A 1h 41m
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid asks the 'Squire' to sell him some land so he can build a railway station, a ruthless businessman from the neighbouring gentile community uses Simon to find out who wants to buy the land so he can 'persuade' him otherwise

Official Trailer
Plot

Simon (Noah Taylor) is an outcast from his Jewish community, because he claims that the devil talks to him, and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid (Stuart Townsend) asks the "Squire" (Rutger Hauer) to sell him some land so he can build a railway station, a ruthless businessman from the neighboring Gentile community uses Simon to find out who wants to buy the land, so he can "persuade" him otherwise.

Written by

Rob Cheek, Ben Hopkins

Directed by

Ben Hopkins

Cast

Noah Taylor, Stuart Townsend, Embeth Davidtz

Crew

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Production Countries

France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America

Production Companies

Arts Council of England, Jonescompany Productions, Film Four International, Goldwyn Films, ARP Sélection, Lucky Red, Hollywood Partners

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 5 nominations

Trailers
Simon Magus (2000) | Film4 Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
637
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
47
Popularity
NA