My Antonia (1995)
After the death of his parents, Jimmy uproots his life to live with his grandparents in Black Hawk, Nebraska.
Top billed cast
Jason RobardsJosea Burden
Eva Marie SaintEmmaline Burden
Neil Patrick HarrisJimmy Burden
Jan TřískaMr. Shimerda
Norbert WeisserOtto
Anne TremkoLena Lingard
Travis FineHarry Paine
Mira FurlanMrs. Shimerda
Bobby GoldsteinAmbrosch Shimerda
Boris Lee Krutonog
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