Jessica Lange plays a homesteader in this adaptation of Willa Cather's paean to the settlers of America's heartland. Young Alexandra: Heather Graham. Carl: David Strathairn. Ivar: Tom Aldredge. Emil: Reed Diamond. Marie: Anne Heche. Young Carl: Josh Hamilton. Frank: Leigh Lawson. Oscar: Graham Beckel. Lou: Adam Nelson. Glenn Jordan directed.