Simon Magus is a 1999 British historical mystery drama film directed by Ben Hopkins and starring Noah Taylor and Stuart Townsend. It was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

The film is named for the village fool Simon (Noah Taylor), who is in turn named for the 1st century magician Simon Magus.

In 19th century Poland, a Jew named Dovid Bendel (Stuart Townsend) tries to revive his dwindling shtetl village by building a railway station next to it. The squire (Rutger Hauer) agrees to provide the land, on the condition that Dovid will read his poetry. A cunning business man (Sean McGinley) is also interested in the land and he tries to compete using money and threats. Through this all wanders the outcast Simon (Noah Taylor), a man rumoured to have magical powers.

• Stuart Townsend as Dovid Bendel
• Noah Taylor as Simon Magus
• Rutger Hauer as Count Albrecht
• Embeth Davidtz as Leah
• Sean McGinley as Hase
• Ian Holm as Sirius/Boris/Head
• Terence Rigby as Bratislav
• Amanda Ryan as Sarah
• David de Keyser as Rabbi
• Toby Jones as Buchholtz
• Kathryn Hunter as Grandmother
• Walter Sparrow as Benjamin
• Jean Anderson as Roise