Red Star Line (2013)

The mythical shipping company Red Star Line transported about 2 million European people to the Americam Dream

Directors:

Daniel Cattier, Fabio Wuytack

Stars:

Erik Lambert, Margaret Roets, Rufus Griscom

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Erik Lambert	...	Narrator (voice)
Margaret Roets	...	Self - Belgian Publishing Inc.
Rufus Griscom	...	Self
David McKay	...	Self
Adam Walaszek	...	Self - professor of history, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Frank Caestecker	...	Self - Ghent University
Carole Malkin	...	Self
José C. Moya	...	Self - professor of history, Columbia University
Dorothy Spiwak Field	...	Self
Eloise Summey Turner	...	Self
Joel Mason	...	Self
Ellen Bledsoe Rodriguez	...	Self
Donald Moel	...	Self
Morris Moel	...	Self
Mandy Nauwelaerts	...	Self - historian

Storyline

Between 1873 and 1934, the Belgian shipping company Red Star Line transported approximately 2 million migrants from Antwerp to New York. What makes the Red Star Line unique is that it mainly transported Eastern Europeans to the United States, many of whom were of Jewish origin. This made Antwerp the main passenger port in Europe at the time. The documentary series presents a mosaic of human migration stories. Audio tapes containing over 2000 interviews with people testifying on the most important journey of their lives, are kept on Ellis Island, the island just off the coast of New York where migrants would arrive. We visited the descendants of these Red Star Line passengers in America and brought with us the original sound recordings. With them, we discovered why they had left everything they owned, traveled to Antwerp, how the RSL brought them across the ocean to New York, and how they tried to build up a new life on the other side of the ocean.

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Plot Keywords:

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Taglines:

A historical film about the mythical shipping company Red Star Line

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

Belgium

Language:

English Flemish

Release Date:

1 October 2013 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

Meren yli Amerikkaan

Filming Locations:

Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

Box Office

Budget:

EUR850 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Off World

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 154 min (3-part TV)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (scenes in the present) Black and White (archive films)

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD