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62% Critic Match
Hester Street
“Goodbye O Lord, I'm Going To America!”
6.2 / 10• 1975• 1h 30m•PG• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Steven Keats
Jake
Lead
Carol Kane
Gitl
MH
Mel Howard
Bernstein
DK
Dorrie Kavanaugh
Mamie
Doris Roberts
Mrs. Kavarsky
Stephen Strimpell
Joe Peltner
LF
Lauren Friedman
Fanny
PF
Paul Freedman
Joey
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joan Micklin Silver's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hester Street is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
