“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.
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
Avalon is a drama film released in 1990 exploring themes of immigrant, baltimore, usa, rabbi, synagogue, bar mitzvah, nostalgia. Directed by Barry Levinson, it stars Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins. 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.
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