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Hester Street

6.319751h 30mPGMovieDramaRomance

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.…

DirectorJoan Micklin Silver
WritersJoan Micklin Silver·Abraham Cahan
ProducerRaphael D. Silver

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Cast · Directed by Joan Micklin Silver

SKSteven Keats
Steven Keats
Jake
CKCarol Kane
Carol Kane
Gitl
MH
Mel Howard
Bernstein
DK
Dorrie Kavanaugh
Mamie
DRDoris Roberts
Doris Roberts
Mrs. Kavarsky
SSStephen Strimpell
Stephen Strimpell
Joe Peltner
LF
Lauren Friedman
Fanny
PF
Paul Freedman
Joey
MGMartin Garner
Martin Garner
Boss
LL
Leib Lensky
Peddler
ZL
Zane Lasky
Greenhorn
ZSZvee Scooler
Zvee Scooler
Rabbi

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