1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.
as Tisa Kepes
as Mark Denek
as Mr. Grumbach
as Dugan
as Mrs. Faludi
as Tescu
as Jenny Kepes
as Herman
as Georgie
as BinkaBinka
as Svenson
as Riley
as Theodore Roosevelt
as Prof. Tabor
as Otto
as Boarder
as Sigmund
as Felix (uncredited)
as Organ Grinder (uncredited)
as Hilde (uncredited)
as Child at Picnic (uncredited)
as Jailer (uncredited)
as Guard (uncredited)
as Mrs. O'Hoolihan
as Guard (uncredited)
as Postman (uncredited)
as Customer (uncredited)
as Igor (uncredited)
as Henchman (uncredited)
