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'''Simon Magus''' was a 1999 British mystery film directed by Ben Hopkins and starring Stuart Townsend, Rutger Hauer, Sean McGinley, Noah Taylor and Ian Holm.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Magus_(film) Simon Magus (film) on Wikipedia]</ref> | '''Simon Magus''' was a 1999 British mystery film directed by Ben Hopkins and starring Stuart Townsend, Rutger Hauer, Sean McGinley, Noah Taylor and Ian Holm.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Magus_(film) Simon Magus (film) on Wikipedia]</ref> | ||
| − | The film is set in 19th century Silesia in Poland, where a new railway line is to be driven between two villages. Whichever one gets a station will prosper, the other will not. Scenes featuring [[GWR Pannier 7714]] were filmed on the SVR in the spring of 1998. The locomotive was "...''thinly disguised in an attempt to make it look Polish by putting masking tape over its smokebox and builder's plate and a few Polish eagle stickers on the tank sides''"<ref>SVR News 127, pp.38-39.</ref>. | + | The film is set in 19th century Silesia (then in Prussia, now in Poland)<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesia Silesia on Wikipedia]</ref>, where a new railway line is to be driven between two villages. Whichever one gets a station will prosper, the other will not. Scenes featuring [[GWR Pannier 7714]] were filmed on the SVR in the spring of 1998. The locomotive was "...''thinly disguised in an attempt to make it look Polish by putting masking tape over its smokebox and builder's plate and a few Polish eagle stickers on the tank sides''"<ref>SVR News 127, pp.38-39.</ref>. |
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Latest revision as of 22:28, 12 October 2022
Simon Magus was a 1999 British mystery film directed by Ben Hopkins and starring Stuart Townsend, Rutger Hauer, Sean McGinley, Noah Taylor and Ian Holm.[1]
The film is set in 19th century Silesia (then in Prussia, now in Poland)[2], where a new railway line is to be driven between two villages. Whichever one gets a station will prosper, the other will not. Scenes featuring GWR Pannier 7714 were filmed on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in the spring of 1998. The locomotive was "...thinly disguised in an attempt to make it look Polish by putting masking tape over its smokebox and builder's plate and a few Polish eagle stickers on the tank sides"[3].
See also
References
- ↑ Simon Magus (film) on Wikipedia
- ↑ Silesia on Wikipedia
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 127, pp.38-39.
