Village of Idiots
1999 · 12 min · 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.”
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.
- Directors
- Rose Newlove, Eugene Fedorenko
- Writer
- John Lazarus
- Released
- June 19, 1999
- Language
- English
Cast
Where to watch in the US
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