Hester Street

Hester Street

90 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 19, 1975

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.

Hester Street

90 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 19, 1975

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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Midwest Films
Original title Hester Street
Directors Mik Cribben, Joan Micklin Silver, Jack Baran
Writers Abraham Cahan, Joan Micklin Silver

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 Frost

as Fanny

Paul Freedman

as Joey

Martin Garner

as Boss

Leib Lensky

as Peddler

Zane Lasky

as Greenhorn

Zvee Scooler

as Rabbi

Eda Reiss Merin

as Rabbi's Wife

Robert Lesser

as Lawyer

Joanna Merlin

as Jake's Landlady

Claudia Silver

as Feigie

Ed Crowley

as Inspector

Philip Sterling

as Mr. Lipman

Sol Frieder

as Scribe

Joel Wolfe

as Kaminsky

Mordecai Lawner

as Waiter

Lin Shaye

as Whore

Anna Berger

as Poultry Woman

Bert Salzman

as Zalman