
The Song of Names
Music brought them together. Time would tear them apart.
DramaMusicviolinholocaust (shoah)world war iijewish lifechild prodigyviolinistviolin playerboy geniuschildhoodchildhood friendsjewish cultureplaying violin
A melancholic, introspective search for a lost childhood friend set against the shadow of the Holocaust, anchored by music and memory.
A man searches 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.
Essence
Ensemble

Tim Roth
Martin Simmonds

Clive Owen
Dovidl Rapoport

Catherine McCormack
Helen Simmonds

Suzy Eddie Izzard
Radio Presenter

Saul Rubinek
Feinman

Jonah Hauer-King
Dovidl 17-23

Gerran Howell
Martin 17-21
Luke Doyle
Dovidl 9-13

Misha Handley
Martin 9-13

Stanley Townsend
Gilbert

Julian Wadham
Arbuthnot Bailey

Richard Bremmer
Billy
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