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.
Cast
- Günter Mack as Mendel Singer
- Martha Wallner as Deborah Singer
- Despina Pajanou as Mirjam
- Ludwig Hirsch as Schemarjah
- Jan Dalton as Mac
- Heini Ricker as Menuchim
- Heinrich Schweiger as Sameschkin
- Susi Nicoletti as Frau Skowronnek
- Herwig Seeböck as Kapturak
- Eric Pohlmann as Herr Skowronnek