Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Demonic Possession, Devil
Tagline: A magical tale from a Vanished World.
Plot: Set in a small village in late 19th century Europe, SIMON MAGUS is a dark fable of love, demonology, and supernatural business practices. Simon Magus (Noah Taylor) is both visionary and outcast, a man possessed by strange dreams that include mystical conversations with a demonic presence named Sirius (Ian Holm). Believing him to be possessed by the Devil, Simon's fellow villagers taunt and persecute him as he performs menial tasks for them to earn his daily bread. The village elders won't even allow Simon to pray with them in temple.The village is in a state of economic crisis. The traditional through trade has been siphoned off by the newly constructed railroad, and without its own train station, Simon's village is cut off from the outside world both economically and socially. Power and prosperity belong to the man who can build the railway station, but the local squire, a poetry-loving aesthete (Rutger Hauer) owns the land by the railroad and must be petitioned to grant the rights to it. Two men approach the squire with plans for a railway station. Ruthless merchant Maximilian Hase (Sean McGinley) seems the obvious choice for the man to bring the village into modern times: a florid, fatuous businessman who already owns half the town. His only rival is Dovid, a young Jewish
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Noah Taylor
Almost Famous, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Vanilla Sky |
 | Stuart Townsend
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Queen of the Damned, Trapped |
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 | Embeth Davidtz
Schindler's List, Bridget Jones's Diary, Army of Darkness |
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 | Ian Holm
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Fifth Element |
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