
★ 6.9 · 1999
“THE DREAM WAS AMERICA AND THE DOOR TO THE DREAM WAS ELLIS ISLAND.”
Ellis Island is a television miniseries broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the CBS television network. The screenplay was co-written by Fred Mustard Stewart, adapted from his 1983 novel of the same title. The series tells the story of several immigrants from the late 1800s until the early 1910s, trying to achieve the American Dream and arriving on Ellis Island, hoping for a better life. Ellis Island highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during World War I, and many of the characters are based on real persons, such as Irving Berlin.
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Peter Riegert
Jacob Rubinstein
Gregory Paul Martin
Marco Santorelli

Claire Bloom
Rebecca Weiler

Judi Bowker
Georgiana "Georgie" O'Donnell

Kate Burton
Vanessa Ogden

Joan Greenwood
Madame Levitska

Ann Jillian
Nellie Byfield

Lila Kaye
Kathleen O'Donnell

Stubby Kaye
Abe Shulman

Alice Krige
Bridget O'Donnell

Cherie Lunghi
Una Marbury

Melba Moore
Flora Mitchum

Milo O'Shea
Casey O'Donnell

Emma Samms
Violet Weiler

Ben Vereen
Roscoe Haines

Faye Dunaway
Maud Charteris
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Ellis Island first aired in 1984. Moviely hosts cinematic wallpapers captured from the TV series's official backdrop imagery.
Ellis Island is categorized as Drama.
Jerry London directed Ellis Island.
Ellis Island stars Peter Riegert, Gregory Paul Martin, Claire Bloom, Judi Bowker, Kate Burton, and more.
Ellis Island has a runtime of 2h 20min.
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