Season 1

Master butcher Fidelis Waldvogel promised a fallen WWI comrade he would take care of his pregnant wife Eva, so he marries her offhand. To find a better life for her and himself, he emigrates--all the way to Argus, North Dakota. Eva and circus performer Delphine strike up a close friendship. But the Waldvogels are in for hard times. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.

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Fidelis, a butcher just back from the war, and Delphine, emigrate to America.

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Everything seems fine when Fidelis manages to open his own shop.

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Fidelis founds a singing club to help fellow local emigres fight homesickness.

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Fidelis and Delphine, overwhelmed with grief, finally manage to carry on.

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