Avalon

Three generations of family. They shared a dream called America in a place called Avalon.

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.

1990

2h 6min

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Top Billed Cast

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Sam Krichinsky
Aidan Quinn
Jules Kaye
Elizabeth Perkins
Ann Kaye
Joan Plowright
Eva Krichinsky
Leo Fuchs
Hymie Krichinsky
Lou Jacobi
Gabriel Krichynsky
Eve Gordon
Dottie Krik
Kevin Pollak
Izzy Kirke
Israel Rubinek
Nathan Krichinsky
Elijah Wood
Michael Kaye
Grant Gelt
Teddy Kirke
Mindy Loren Isenstein
Mindy Kirk
Shifra Lerer
Nellie Krichinsky
Mina Bern
Alice Krichinsky
Frania Rubinek
Faye Krichinsky
Ronald Guttman
Simka
Rachel Aviva
Elka
Sylvia Weinberg
Mrs. Parkes
Ralph Tabakin
Principal Dunn
Steve Aronson
Moving Man

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