The Long Way Home

Nan
2h 0m
1997
7.1 /10 (12)

For the survivors of the Holocaust, liberation was only the beginning.

Overview

The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.

Country : United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 1997-09-19

Top Billed Cast

Morgan Freeman

Narrator (voice)

Ed Asner

George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)

Sean Astin

Earl G. Harrison, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (voice)

Martin Landau

(voice)

Miriam Margolyes

(voice)

David Paymer

(voice)

Nina Siemaszko

(voice)

Helen Slater

(voice)

Michael York

(voice)

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