Ellis Island (1984) mini series 

 

Starring: Richard Burton, Faye Dunaway 

 

Ellis Island is a television miniseries, filmed in the United Kingdom, broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the 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. The lives and struggles of some of the countless immigrants who arrived on Ellis Island during the 19th century in search of the American Dream. 

 

Never commercially released on DVD.   We have transfered from VHS to DVD.    Quality 8 out of 10