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.
Full Cast of Hester Street
Carol Kane
as Gitl
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Mel Howard
as Bernstein
Dorrie Kavanaugh
as Mamie
Doris Roberts
as Mrs. Kavarsky
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Lauren Friedman
as Fanny
Paul Freedman
as Joey
Leib Lensky
as Peddler
Zane Lasky
as Greenhorn
Eda Reiss Merin
as Rabbi's Wife
Claudia Silver
as Feigie
Ed Crowley
as Inspector
Joel Wolfe
as Kaminsky
Lin Shaye
as Whore
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Bert Salzman
as Zalman
Billy Natbony
Crew of Hester Street
Discover the backstage crew of Hester Street →- Released on October 19, 1975