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The Song of Names (2019)

Poster for The Song of Names

Music brought them together. Time would tear them apart.

A man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.

Cast & Crew

Director
François Girard
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    Martin Simmonds Tim Roth
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    Dovidl Rapoport Clive Owen
  • Profile picture of Catherine McCormack
    Helen Simmonds Catherine McCormack
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    Radio Presenter Eddie Izzard
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    Feinman Saul Rubinek
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    Dovidl 17-23 Jonah Hauer-King
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    Martin 17-21 Gerran Howell
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    Martin 9-13 Misha Handley

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  • holocaust (shoah)
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  • jewish culture
  • playing violin
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  • vanished man
  • orthodox jewish
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  • hebrew language
  • boy playmate
  • yiddish
  • mysterious disappearance
  • jewish neighborhood
  • jewish death
  • childhood memories
  • kaddish
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