Evergreen


2h 1985

Brief Synopsis

Opulent six-hour, three-part miniseries based on Belva Plain's romantic best-seller tracing the rise of a Polish-Jewish immigrant from seamstress on New York's lower East Side to wealthy wife of a Westchester contractor although the secret love of her life is the aristocratic son of the Fifth Avenue

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Romance
Release Date
1985
Location
Israel; Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

Opulent six-hour, three-part miniseries based on Belva Plain's romantic best-seller tracing the rise of a Polish-Jewish immigrant from seamstress on New York's lower East Side to wealthy wife of a Westchester contractor although the secret love of her life is the aristocratic son of the Fifth Avenue snobs who had taken her family into service. Filmed in Toronto and Israel (where, in part 3, her grandson is trying to carve out his own life in the '50s). "Evergreen" won an Emmy Award for art direction/set decoration and received nominations for photography and costume design (all for Part 1).

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Romance
Release Date
1985
Location
Israel; Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States February 24, 1985

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