Movie

The Song of Names

“Music brought them together. Time would tear them apart.”

★ 6.7(171)20191h 54m

Drama Music

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The Song of Names is streaming on MGM Plus Amazon Channel in United Kingdom. Availability checked 24 July 2026.

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Good to know

Director: François Girard
Release date: 2019-12-25
Runtime: 1h 54m
Language: Yiddish
Box office: $1,138,962
Status: Released
Country: Canada
Studio: Serendipity Point Films

The Song of Names — trailer

About The Song of Names

The Song of Names is a 2019 movie in the Drama and Music genres, directed by François Girard, starring Tim Roth, Clive Owen and Catherine McCormack. It has a runtime of 1 hour 54 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.7/10 from 171 viewers. Below you can see where to watch The Song of Names in United Kingdom — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

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

Themes & keywords

violinholocaust (shoah)world war iijewish lifechild prodigyviolinistviolin playerboy geniuschildhoodchildhood friendsjewish cultureplaying violinjewish refugeeboyhood friendvanished