The read
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Ben HopkinsDirector
- Deborah MollisonOriginal Music Composer
- Ben HopkinsWriter
Cast
- Noah TaylorSimon
- Stuart TownsendDovid Bendal
- Sean McGinleyMaximillian Hase
- Embeth DavidtzLeah
- Amanda RyanSarah
- Rutger HauerCount Albrecht, the Squire
- Ian HolmSirius / Boris / The Devil
- Terence RigbyBratislav
- Toby JonesBuchholz
- Jim DunkSaul
- Ursula JonesRebecca
- Cyril ShapsChiam
Stills
Themes
simon magus