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Solomon & Gaenor 1999 Directed by Paul Morrison Solomon and Gaenor

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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language Welsh
Spoken Languages English , Welsh , Yiddish
Gneres Drama , Romance
Production Companies Arts Council of England , September Films
Revenue $301,754
Release Date 30 April 1999
105 mins