The read
It runs long at 2h 56m.
Synopsis
After his return from World War I, there is no more work for Fidelis in his parents' butcher shop in Swabia, Germany. To make a better life for himself and Eva, the former fiancée of a friend who fell in battle, he emigrates to Argus, a town in North Dakota, in the United States. The artist Delphine, in whom Eva will find a friend, also moves there. To relieve Eva's homesickness, Fidelis founds a singing club.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Ruth StadlerWriter
- Uli EdelDirector
- Doris DörrieWriter
Cast
- Jonas NayFidelis Waldvogel
- Aylin TezelDelphine
- Leonie BeneschEva
- Sylvester GrothRobert
- Vladimir KorneevCyprian
- Claudia KottalClarisse Straub
- Therese HämerTante Lore
- Martin LeutgebSheriff Hock
- Urša RaukarStep-and-a-half
- Maciej SalamonKozka
- Jean Pierre CornuBankdirektor Zumbrugge
- Gerhard LiebmannDr. Hagenau
Stills
Themes
emigrant