A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
Leo Fuchs
as Hymie Krichinsky
Eve Gordon
as Dottie Krik
Lou Jacobi
as Gabriel Krichynsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Sam Krichinsky
Elizabeth Perkins
as Ann Kaye
Joan Plowright
as Eva Krichinsky
Kevin Pollak
as Izzy Kirke
Aidan Quinn
as Jules Kaye
Israel Rubinek
as Nathan Krichinsky
Elijah Wood
as Michael Kaye
Grant Gelt
as Teddy Kirke
Mindy Loren Isenstein
as Mindy Kirk