Solomon & Gaenor

5.8 1999 1h 45m United Kingdom

Drama Romance

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.

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Their tragedy was to fall in love. 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.

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Directors

Paul Morrison

Writers

Paul Morrison, Clare Alan, Gruffudd Jones

Cast

Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts, Sue Jones-Davies, William Thomas, Mark Lewis Jones, Maureen Lipman, David Horovitch, Steffan Rhodri, Bethan Ellis Owen, Adam Jenkins, Cyril Shaps, Daniel Kaye, Elliott Cantor, Steffan Rhodri, Emyr Wyn

Production

Arts Council of England, September Films

Languages

Yiddish, Welsh, English

Countries

United Kingdom