The Song of Names(2019)
Music brought them together. Time would tear them apart.
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.
Movie: The Song of Names
Top 10 Billed Cast
Martin Simmonds
Dovidl Rapoport
Helen Simmonds
Radio Presenter
Feinman
Dovidl 17-23
Martin 17-21
Martin 9-13
Gilbert
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Video: THE SONG OF NAMES | Official Trailer (2019)
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