Oct 05, 1990
126 min
Full-HD

Avalon (1990)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

TriStar Pictures Baltimore Pictures

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

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