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.

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Cast

Günter Mack

Mendel Singer

Despina Pajanou

Mirjam

Ludwig Hirsch

Schemarjah

Heinrich Schweiger

Sameschkin

Susi Nicoletti

Frau Skowronnek

Herwig Seeböck

Kapturak

Eric Pohlmann

Herr Skowronnek

Cornelia Köndgen

Vega