Hester Street
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
as Jake
Carol Kane
as Gitl
Mel Howard
as Bernstein
Dorrie Kavanaugh
as Mamie
Doris Roberts
as Mrs. Kavarsky
Stephen Strimpell
as Joe Peltner
Lauren Friedman
as Fanny
Paul Freedman
as Joey
Martin Garner
as Boss
Leib Lensky
as Peddler
Reviews
CinemaSerf
There are a couple of really quite poignant performances here from "Jake" (Steven Keats) and his wife "Gitl" (Carol Kane) as together with their young son they try to make a new life in New York after fleeing from Russia. He had arrived some time earlier and had already become exposed to some of the...
