Hester Street (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.
Director:
Joan Micklin Silver
Writer:
Joan Micklin Silver
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Steven Keats as Jake |
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Carol Kane as Gitl |
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Mel Howard as Bernstein |
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Dorrie Kavanaugh as Mamie |
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Doris Roberts as Mrs. Kavarsky |
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Stephen Strimpell as Joe Peltner |
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Lauren Friedman as Fanny |
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Paul Freedman as Joey |
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Martin Garner as Boss |
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Leib Lensky as Peddler |
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Zane Lasky as Greenhorn |
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Zvee Scooler as Rabbi |
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Eda Reiss Merin as Rabbi's Wife |
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Robert Lesser as Lawyer |
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Joanna Merlin as Jake's Landlady |
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Claudia Silver as Feigie |
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Ed Crowley as Inspector |
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Philip Sterling as Mr. Lipman |
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Sol Frieder as Scribe |
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Joel Wolfe as Kaminsky |
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Mordecai Lawner as Waiter |
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Anna Berger as Poultry Woman |
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Bert Salzman as Zalman |
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Billy Natbony as |
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Lin Shaye as Whore |
| Directing | Joan Micklin Silver | Director |
| Camera | Kenneth Van Sickle | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Joan Micklin Silver | Screenplay |
| Writing | Abraham Cahan | Writer |
| Sound | Bill Daly | Sound |
| Production | Jay Wolf | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Pusilo | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steve Atha | Hairstylist |
| Production | David Appleton | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jack Fitzstephens | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Katherine Wenning | Editor |
| Directing | Jack Baran | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mik Cribben | Assistant Director |
| Art | Edward Haynes | Art Direction |
| Production | David Appleton | Production Manager |
| Production | Raphael D. Silver | Producer |
| Art | Stuart Wurtzel | Production Design |
| Production | Julio Neri | Production Assistant |