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Hester Street

Genre:DramaRomance

Released:1975-10-19

Runtime:90

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

Character: Jake

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Carol Kane

Character: Gitl

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Mel Howard

Character: Bernstein

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Dorrie Kavanaugh

Character: Mamie

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Doris Roberts

Character: Mrs. Kavarsky

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Stephen Strimpell

Character: Joe Peltner

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Lauren Friedman

Character: Fanny

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Paul Freedman

Character: Joey

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Martin Garner

Character: Boss

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Leib Lensky

Character: Peddler

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Zane Lasky

Character: Greenhorn

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Zvee Scooler

Character: Rabbi

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Eda Reiss Merin

Character: Rabbi's Wife

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Robert Lesser

Character: Lawyer

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Joanna Merlin

Character: Jake's Landlady

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Claudia Silver

Character: Feigie

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Ed Crowley

Character: Inspector

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Philip Sterling

Character: Mr. Lipman

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Sol Frieder

Character: Scribe

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Joel Wolfe

Character: Kaminsky

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Mordecai Lawner

Character: Waiter

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Anna Berger

Character: Poultry Woman

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Bert Salzman

Character: Zalman

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Billy Natbony

Character:

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Lin Shaye

Character: Whore

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