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The Song of Names
The Song of Names

The Song of Names

Music brought them together. Time would tear them apart.

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$1138962

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

114 mins

Rating

6.766/10

Release Date

25 December 2019

Country

Canada

Cast

Tim Roth

Tim Roth

Martin Simmonds

Clive Owen

Clive Owen

Dovidl Rapoport

Catherine McCormack

Catherine McCormack

Helen Simmonds

Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard

Radio Presenter

Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek

Feinman

Jonah Hauer-King

Jonah Hauer-King

Dovidl 17-23

Gerran Howell

Gerran Howell

Martin 17-21

Luke Doyle

Luke Doyle

Dovidl 9-13

Misha Handley

Misha Handley

Martin 9-13

Stanley Townsend

Stanley Townsend

Gilbert

Julian Wadham

Julian Wadham

Arbuthnot Bailey

Richard Bremmer

Richard Bremmer

Billy

Max Macmillan

Max Macmillan

Peter Stemp

Matt Devere

Matt Devere

Milkman

Amy Sloan

Amy Sloan

Enid Simmonds

Tamás Puskás

Tamás Puskás

Professor Carl Flesch

Jakub Kotyński

Jakub Kotyński

Zygmunt Rapoport

Richard Bremmer

Richard Bremmer

Billy the Busker

Schwartz Zoltán

Schwartz Zoltán

Jozef Weschler

Julian Wadham

Julian Wadham

Mr. Bailey

István Darvas

István Darvas

Bar Mitzvah Rabbi

Alex Bisping

Alex Bisping

Warsaw Taxi Driver

Lidia Bogaczówna

Lidia Bogaczówna

Asylum Nurse

Magdalena Cielecka

Magdalena Cielecka

Anna Wozniak

Zsófi Tóth

Zsófi Tóth

Young Anna Wozniak

Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek

Mr. Feinman

Joanna Caplan

Joanna Caplan

Broche Rapoport

Jesse Noah Gruman

Jesse Noah Gruman

Zygmunt Rapoport (7)

Howard Jerome

Howard Jerome

Katzenberg

Chaim Paskesz

Chaim Paskesz

Frumkin

Pinchasz Weisberger

Pinchasz Weisberger

Chaim Frumkin

Daniel Mutlu

Daniel Mutlu

Young Rebbe

Declan Hannigan

Declan Hannigan

Desk Clerk

Wayne Brett

Wayne Brett

Security Man

Jack Martin Haendler

Jack Martin Haendler

1986 Conductor

Ralph Berkin

Ralph Berkin

Orchestra Manager Sanderson

Jeffrey Caine

Jeffrey Caine

Tom Noble

Tamás Masa

Tamás Masa

Sabbathsong Klezmer Band

Bálint Szabó

Bálint Szabó

Sabbathsong Klezmer Band

Izsák Farkas

Izsák Farkas

Sabbathsong Klezmer Band

Sándor Csányi

Sándor Csányi

Sabbathsong Klezmer Band

Endre Kertész

Endre Kertész

Sabbathsong Klezmer Band

György Szentkirályi

György Szentkirályi

Sabbathsong Klezmer Band

Zoltán Langer

Zoltán Langer

Sabbathsong Klezmer Band

Szabolcs Andrasics

Szabolcs Andrasics

Sabbathsong Klezmer Band

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