Hester Street (1975) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1975 · 90 mins · English

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Directed by

Joan Micklin Silver

Starring

Carol Kane, Lin Shaye, Ed Crowley, Eda Reiss Merin, Anna Berger, Steven Keats

Goodbye O Lord, I’m Going To America! A Russian émigré prides himself on having become a genuine Yankee, even though his surroundings—New York’s Lower East Side in the late‑19th century—are almost entirely populated by fellow Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, she must learn to assimilate to this bustling, immigrant‑rich environment.