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Hester Street (1975)
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24 August 1976 (Sweden)
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Nominated for Oscar.
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A triumph for Carol Kane
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Carol Kane | ... | Gitl |
 | Steven Keats | ... | Jake |
| Mel Howard | ... | Bernstein |
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| Anna Berger | ... | Poultry Woman |
| Ed Crowley | ... | Inspector (as Edward Crowley) |
| Paul Freedman | ... | Joey |
| Sol Frieder | ... | Scribe |
| Lauren Frost | ... | Fanny |
| Martin Garner | ... | Boss |
| Dorrie Kavanaugh | ... | Mamie |
| Zane Lasky | ... | Greenhorn (as Zane Laski) |
 | Mordecai Lawner | ... | Waiter |
| Leib Lensky | ... | Peddler |
| Robert Lesser | ... | Lawyer |
| Eda Reiss Merin | ... | Rabbi's Wife |
| Joanna Merlin | ... | Jake's Landlady |
 | Doris Roberts | ... | Mrs. Kavarsky |
| Bert Salzman | ... | Zalman |
| Zvee Scooler | ... | Rabbi |
 | Lin Shaye | ... | Whore |
| Claudia Silver | ... | Feigie |
| Philip Sterling | ... | Mr. Lipman |
| Stephen Strimpell | ... | Joe Peltner |
| Joel Wolfe | ... | Kaminsky |
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90 min
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian (#1.18)" (1976)
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Carol Kane never really found her niche in the movies--only when she switched to sitcoms did her googly-eyed craziness really come off. But in 1975, before we'd gotten used to her comic bravado, she turned in a lovely, Oscar-nominated portrayal of an immigrant Russian Jew in New York that still stuns, even today. Quiet emotions permeate this careful, low-budget, somewhat slight film set on New York's East Side in 1896. Writer-director Joan Micklin Silver has a genuinely sly eye for detail that results in some amusing moments, but for the most part it's a human drama in a thoughtful key which builds momentum as it goes along. **1/2 from ****