Village of Idiots (1999)

Name: Village of Idiots
Genre: Animation
Released: 1999-06-19

12m

Running Time

June 19, 1999
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

Where to Watch.

Subs

Currently Village of Idiots is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Chai Flicks

Streaming in:
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Cast & Crew.

Jack Newman

Nicholas Rice

Rose Newlove

Director

Yank Azman

Actor

Eugene Fedorenko

Director

John Lazarus

Writer

Dennis R. Murphy

Producer

Michael J.F. Scott

Producer

David Verrall

Producer

Normand Roger

Composer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
June 19, 1999

Status
Released

Running Time
12m

Genres
Animation

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

Village of Idiots is a short animated comedy based on the classic humorous Jewish folk tales about the Wise Men of Chełm, directed and animated by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove, written by John Lazarus, and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Fedorenko is the Academy Award-winning animator of the 1979 NFB short Every Child. In 1999, it was one of four films in the 1st Annual Animation Show of Shows.