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Village of Idiots

06/19/1999

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0hr 12min

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Animation

“Outsiders call Chelm the village of idiots,” Shmendrick explains, “but our rabbi said we were a city of natural geniuses, with our own way of figuring things out.”

STORY

Based on a Jewish folk tale adapted by playwright John Lazarus, this animated short tells the story of Shmendrik, a simpleton living in a small Polish village. Weary of daily life in his native Chelm, Shmendrik sets out on a quest for knowledge that brings him to a new Chelm, a place eerily reminiscent of his old Chelm. An amusing take on our tendency to romanticize what we don't have.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jack Newman
  • Nicholas Rice

    Directors

  • Rose Newlove
  • Eugene Fedorenko

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • ONF | NFB

    Production Countries

  • Canada

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Jack Newman

    Nicholas Rice

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