Hester Street
1975A 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.
Acted in
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
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
Anna Berger
as Poultry Woman
Bert Salzman
as Zalman
Billy Natbony
Lin Shaye
as Whore