Ironweed

Dec 18, 1987

2h 23m

★ 6.3

Hard times and Good times. Francis and Helen.

Overview

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Taft Entertainment Pictures

Keith Barish Productions

Ironweed Trailers

Cast

Francis Phelan

Jack Nicholson

Helen Archer

Meryl Streep

Annie Phelan

Carroll Baker

Billy

Michael O'Keefe

Peg

Diane Venora

Oscar Reo

Fred Gwynne

Katrina

Margaret Whitton

Rudy

Tom Waits

Pee Wee

Jake Dengel

Harold Allen

Nathan Lane

Reverend Chester

James Gammon

Nora

Laura Esterman

A tale of torn loyalty and love between SS officer Nikolaus Fuhrich and his first love, Jewish violinist Elisabeth Soloviechik. From two befriended Austrian families, one Jewish, one "Germanic," the fates of these two young characters intersect and intertwine prior to the First and after the Second World War.

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