Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.
Maria Bonnevie
as Gertrud
Ulf Friberg
as Ingmar
Pernilla August
as Karin
Lena Endre
as Barbro
Sven-Bertil Taube
as Hellgum
Reine Brynolfsson
as Tim
Max von Sydow
as Vicar
Olympia Dukakis
as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
Viveka Seldahl
as Stina
Sven Wollter
as Stor-Ingmar
Anders Nyström
as Sven Persson
Johan Rabaeus
as Eljas
