Hester Street

Hester Street (1975)

Goodbye O Lord, I'm Going To America!

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.

Date of release
1975-10-19
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (42)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Joan Micklin Silver

Casting

  • Steven Keats — Jake
  • Carol Kane — Gitl
  • Mel Howard — Bernstein
  • Dorrie Kavanaugh — Mamie
  • Doris Roberts — Mrs. Kavarsky
  • Stephen Strimpell — Joe Peltner
  • Lauren Friedman — Fanny
  • Paul Freedman — Joey
  • Martin Garner — Boss
  • Leib Lensky — Peddler
  • Zane Lasky — Greenhorn
  • Zvee Scooler — Rabbi

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