Hester Street (1975)

6.2/10 90 min Drama Romance

Overview

A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.

Cast

Steven Keats

Jake

Carol Kane

Gitl

Doris Roberts

Mrs. Kavarsky

Stephen Strimpell

Joe Peltner

Martin Garner

Boss

Zvee Scooler

Rabbi

Eda Reiss Merin

Rabbi's Wife

Robert Lesser

Lawyer

Joanna Merlin

Jake's Landlady

Philip Sterling

Mr. Lipman

Sol Frieder

Scribe

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