Le monde est un grand chelm

Original title: Die Schelme von Schelm

1995
G
1h 19m

IMDb RATING

5.1/10

198

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Adventure Animation Comedy Family Musical

Animated adaptation of four fables by Isaac Bashevis Singer, featuring an orphan, a talking goat, and an amnesiac elf trying to save a Moldavian town from sorcery and its own foolishness. Th... Read allAnimated adaptation of four fables by Isaac Bashevis Singer, featuring an orphan, a talking goat, and an amnesiac elf trying to save a Moldavian town from sorcery and its own foolishness. The end features a computer-assisted golem attack.Animated adaptation of four fables by Isaac Bashevis Singer, featuring an orphan, a talking goat, and an amnesiac elf trying to save a Moldavian town from sorcery and its own foolishness. The end features a computer-assisted golem attack.

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IMDb RATING

5.1/10

198

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

Aaron
(English version)
(voice)
(as Tommy Michaels)

Ronn Carroll

Uncle Shlemiel
(English version)
(voice)

Tovah Feldshuh

Zlateh the Goat
(English version)
(voice)
…

Fyvush Finkel

Narrator
(English version)
(voice)

Stephen D. Newman

Darko the Sorcerer
(English version)
(voice)
(as Steve Newman)

Ivy Austin

The Lantuch
(English version)
(voice)

Harry Goz

Gronam Ox
(English version)
(voice)

Lee Wilkof

Sender
(English version)
(voice)
…

Chip Zien

Treitel
(English version)
(voice)
…

Larry Keith

Schmendrick
(English version)
(voice)
…

Lewis J. Stadlen

Lekish
(English version)
(voice)
…

Laura Dean

Dana
(English version)
(voice)

Margery Gray

Dina
(English version)
(voice)
(as Margery Gray Harnick)

Julia Murney

Dona
(English version)
(voice)
(as Julia K. Murney)

Donald Arthur

Gronam
(voice)

Roland Astor

Treitel
(voice)

Péter Barbinek

Treitel, a szabó
(Hungarian version)
(voice)

Peter Bischoff

Sender
(singing voice)
…

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10Oldred

Very enjoyable! Good job of rotoscoping, and a good piece of little-seen Jewish folklore.

This story of the golem is decidedly different than the other story which takes place in Czech. This takes place in the kingdom of Moldavia (Poland more or less), in the Jewish town of Chelm. The hero, Aaron, attempts to foil a sorceror's attempts to steal a kabbalic book and to animate a destructive golem. While I'm not Jewish myself, I found this to be an interesting look at a seldom-seen (in the US) folktale. Highly recommended!

Aka: "Aaron's Magic Village"

7EmperorNortonII

Foolish Fun!

"Aaron's Magic Village" a.k.a. "The Real Schlemiel" is an obscure animated movie, but an enjoyable one. It takes its story from the works of Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Jewish folklore. This movie is not up to Disney's state-of-the-art standards, I must say. The scene of the Golem destroying the houses of Chelm was done in 3-D CGI, which doesn't quite fit with the rest of the movie. (A detail! No matter!) Still, you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy this movie!

7emm

Euro cartoon film breaks the traditional mold.

A lot of animated movies suffer from a lack of innovation and an age-old plot, but AARON'S MAGIC VILLAGE managed to turn around the same old tradition. It's adventure-based, but it defines new meaning. It isn't Disney, but the colors are brilliant along with some 3-D animation. Some of the tunes were very melodic enough to go with the humor. I felt the sound effects were annoying, though. They're just like you hear on other TV cartoon shows, making this sound hokey. I'm not a fan of foreign animated movies, but this one is different. Another perfect way to spend time before the big Thanksgiving meal!