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Hester Street: Full Cast & Crew 1976 Comedy/Drama
Dealing with themes of assimilation, this film, set in the early 1900s, focuses on the experiences of an immigrant family in New York City. Gitl (Carol Kane) has just arrived in America from Russia with her son. She has come to meet her husband, Jake (Steven Keats), who has been in the States for some time and is comfortably settled. While Gitl struggles to find her place in this country, she clashes with Jake, who has fully embraced their new homeland. PG Released: Aug 24, 1976 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Joan Micklin Silver Director, Writer Steven Keats Jake Actor Carol Kane Gitl Actor Mel Howard Bernstein Actor Dorrie Kavanaugh Mamie Actor Doris Roberts Mrs. Kavarsky Actor Stephen Strimpell Joe Peltner Actor Lauren Frost Fanny Actor Paul Freedman Joey Actor Zvee Scooler Rabbi Actor Eda Reiss Merin Rabbi's Wife Actor Abraham Cahan Writer Raphael D. Silver Producer William Bolcom Original Music Herbert L. Clarke Original Music Kenneth Van Sickle Cinematographer Katherine Wenning Film Editing Jay Wolf Casting Stuart Wurtzel Production Design Edward Haynes Art Director Robert Pusilo Costume Design