Solomon a Gaenor

A young Orthodox Jew (Ioan Gruffudd) in 1911 South Wales tries to make his living by peddling fabrics door to door in the South Wales Valleys, but to do so he decides he must hide his ethnicity. On one of his sales he meets and falls in love with a demure young Gentile woman (Nia Roberts) with a strong-willed father (William Thomas) and a violently anti-Semitic brother (Mark Lewis Jones). The two fall in love and she becomes pregnant, but only then does she learn he is Jewish. Shortly afterwards, the couple become caught up in anti-Jewish disturbances; they are forced to flee and become separated.
  • Genre: Drama, Romance

Welsh Connections

  • Director: Paul Morrison
  • Writer: Paul Morrison
  • Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts, Sue Jones-Davies
  • Filming Locations: Wales
  • Other Welsh Connections: Production Companies: S4C

Other Key Production Details

  • Director: Paul Morrison

Technical Details

  • Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes
  • Language: Welsh
  • Certificate: 15

Release

  • Date: 1999
  • Rights holder / distributor: S4C
  • Booking / contact details: Content Delivery and Archive team – [email protected]
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