Hungry Hearts (1922) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1922 · 84 mins

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Directed by

E. Mason Hopper

Starring

Otto Lederer, George Siegmann, Helen Ferguson, E. Alyn Warren, Bert Sprotte, Bryant Washburn

Set in early‑20‑century New York, in a bustling tenement, a Russian‑Jewish immigrant family fights to stay afloat. The mother, determined to improve their circumstances, works tirelessly, but each sacrifice brings hidden costs that threaten the fragile hope she clings to.