Hester Street (1975) USA
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Director:Joan Micklin Silver
Studio:Homevision
Producer:David Appleton, Raphael D. Silver
Writer:Joan Micklin Silver, Abraham Cahan
Rated:PG
Date Added:2013-10-18
UPC:9780780029392
Price:$29.98
Awards:Nominated for Oscar, Another 1 win & 1 nomination
Genre:Jewish films
Release:2004-12-21
IMDb:0073107
Duration:90
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.1
Languages:English, Yiddish
Subtitles:English
Features:Black and White
LAC code:300011128
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Joan Micklin Silver  ...  (Director)
Joan Micklin Silver, Abraham Cahan  ...  (Writer)
 
Steven Keats  ...  Jake
Carol Kane  ...  Gitl
Mel Howard  ...  Bernstein
Dorrie Kavanaugh  ...  Mamie
Doris Roberts  ...  Mrs. Kavarsky
Kenneth Van Sickle  ...  Cinematographer
Katherine Wenning  ...  Editor
Anna Berger  ...  Poultry Woman
Ed Crowley  ...  Inspector (as Edward Crowley)
Joanna Merlin  ...  Jake's Landlady
Paul Freedman  ...  Joey
Sol Frieder  ...  Scribe
Lauren Frost  ...  Fanny
Martin Garner  ...  Boss
Zane Lasky  ...  Greenhorn (as Zane Laski)
Mordecai Lawner  ...  Waiter
Leib Lensky  ...  Peddler
Robert Lesser  ...  Lawyer
Eda Reiss Merin  ...  Rabbi's Wife
Summary: Carol Kane (Annie Hall, Carnal Knowledge, Dog Day Afternoon) stars with Doris Roberts (TV's Everybody Loves Raymond) in Joan Micklin Silver's touching tale of Gitl (Kane), a young Jewish woman who comes to America in the 1890s, only to discover that her husband, Jake (Steven Keats, from The Executioner's Song and Black Sunday) has given up the ways of the old country, and taken up with a new girlfriend, and a new life. By turns heartbreaking, comic, and sharply observed, this remarkable film won Kane an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in 1975, and launched director Joan Micklin Silver's career.