Enemies, A Love Story

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Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston
In theaters Jan 01, 1989
R, 2 hr.

Movie Info

Cast: Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Margaret Sophie Stein, Alan King, Judith Malina, Paul Mazursky, Rita Karin, Phil Leeds, Elya Baskin
Director: Paul Mazursky
Rated: R
Running Time: 2 hr.
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Theater Release: Jan 01, 1989
DVD Release: Sep 03, 2002
Synopsis: Ron Silver stars as Herman, a Holocaust survivor who believes that his wife Tamara (Anjelica Huston) perished in the concentration camps. He marries fellow immigrant Yadwiga (Margaret Sophie Stein), whose family sheltered him from the Nazis, and resettles in the Coney Island area of New York. Not all that devoted to Yadwiga, Herman begins an affair with Masha (Lena Olin), who becomes pregnant by him. Reasoning that, since Yadwiga is a gentile, his marriage is not legal in the eyes of his

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  • Clint Morris, Moviehole
    A bravura performance by Ron Silver More...
  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
    Arguably Mazursky's last successful film, this adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer of a Holocaust survivor and the women in his life blends humor and pathos and is extremely well acted by Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston and Lena Olin. More...
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