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My Girl Tisa
“My Girl Tisa is a Sweetheart of a Picture”
9.0 / 10• 1948• 1h 35m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.
Cast & Crew
Lilli Palmer
Tisa Kepes
Lead
Sam Wanamaker
Mark Denek
Akim Tamiroff
Mr. Grumbach
Alan Hale
Dugan
Stella Adler
Mrs. Faludi
Hugo Haas
Tescu
Gale Robbins
Jenny Kepes
Benny Baker
Herman
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elliott Nugent's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. My Girl Tisa is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
