Overview

In war-torn Galicia, devout Jew Mendel Singer’s family faces hardship: his eldest sons are conscripted - one flees to Austria, then America - while their frail newborn Menuchim is deemed unfit to emigrate. Torn between love and survival, Mendel must choose who goes to the New World.

Top Cast

Günter Mack

Mendel Singer

M

Martha Wallner

Deborah Singer

Despina Pajanou

Mirjam

Ludwig Hirsch

Schemarjah

J

Jan Dalton

Mac

H

Heini Ricker

Menuchim

Heinrich Schweiger

Sameschkin

Susi Nicoletti

Frau Skowronnek

Herwig Seeböck

Kapturak

Eric Pohlmann

Herr Skowronnek

Cornelia Köndgen

Vega