
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.

Günter Mack
Mendel Singer
Martha Wallner
Deborah Singer

Despina Pajanou
Mirjam

Ludwig Hirsch
Schemarjah
Jan Dalton
Mac
Heini Ricker
Menuchim

Heinrich Schweiger
Sameschkin

Susi Nicoletti
Frau Skowronnek