Hester Street

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.

Director: Joan Micklin Silver

Cast

Steven Keats

Jake

Carol Kane

Gitl

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Mel Howard

Bernstein

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Dorrie Kavanaugh

Mamie

Doris Roberts

Mrs. Kavarsky

Stephen Strimpell

Joe Peltner

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Lauren Friedman

Fanny

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Paul Freedman

Joey

Martin Garner

Boss

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Leib Lensky

Peddler