Hester Street
- Original title
- Hester Street
- Year
- 1975
- Running time
- 89 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Joan Micklin Silver. Story: Abraham Cahan
- Cast
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- Steven Keats
- Carol Kane
- Mel Howard
- Dorrie Kavanaugh
- Doris Roberts
- Stephen Strimpell
- Lauren Frost
- Paul Freedman
- Martin Garner
- Leib Lensky
- Zane Lasky
- Zvee Scooler
- Eda Reiss Merin
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- Music
- Cinematography
Kenneth Van Sickle (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Immigration. 19th Century
- Synopsis
- Hester Street is a film about the assimilation of Jewish immigrants in America in the late 1800s. A woman arrives in New York at the turn of the century to join her husband, who appears changed by the American way of life. Their marriage is soon over and each finds happiness with another person.
- Awards
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1975: Nominated for Oscar: Best Actress (Carol Kane)1975: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Comedy Screenplay
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