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Hester Street

1975·1h 29m·PG
DramaRomance
IMDb Rating
★ 7.0/10
2,397 votes

In 1896, a Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York City's Lower East Side to reunite with her Americanized husband, but she has difficulty assimilating.

Hester Street is a 1975 drama romance movie directed by Joan Micklin Silver, starring Carol Kane, Mel Howard, Dorrie Kavanaugh. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.0/10 from 2,397 votes and runs 1h 29m.

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Director
Joan Micklin Silver
Stars
Carol Kane
Mel Howard
Dorrie Kavanaugh
Steven Keats
Details
1975-10-15
89 min
Movie
PG
★ United States
★ English, Yiddish
Keywords
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