Hester Street

Release Date:
Aug 24, 1976
MPAA Rating:
PG
Running Time:
1:30
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Director:
Joan Micklin Silver
Cast:
Steven Keats Jake
Carol Kane Gitl
Mel Howard Bernstein
Dorrie Kavanaugh Mamie
Doris Roberts Mrs. Kavarsky
Stephen Strimpell Joe Peltner
Lauren Frost Fanny
Paul Freedman Joey
Zvee Scooler Rabbi
Eda Reiss Merin Rabbi's Wife
Producers:
Raphael D. Silver
Writers:
Joan Micklin Silver, Abraham Cahan
Language:
English

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Dealing with themes of assimilation, this film, set in the early 1900s, focuses on the experiences of an immigrant family in New York City. Gitl has just arrived in America from Russia with her son. She has come to meet her husband, Jake, who has been in the States for some time and is comfortably settled. While Gitl struggles to find her place in this country, she clashes with Jake, who has fully embraced their new homeland.

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