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Genre
Romance, Drama, Comedy drama, Old movies
Synopsis
Dealing with themes of assimilation, this film, set in the early 1900s, focuses on the experiences of an immigrant family in New York City. Gitl has just arrived in America from Russia with her son. She has come to meet her husband, Jake, who has been in the States for some time and is comfortably settled. While Gitl struggles to find her place in this country, she clashes with Jake, who has fully embraced their new homeland.
Cast
Jake
Steven Keats
Gitl
Carol Kane
Bernstein
Mel Howard
Mamie
Dorrie Kavanaugh
Mrs. Kavarsky
Doris Roberts
Joe Peltner
Stephen Strimpell
Fanny
Lauren Friedman
Fanny
Lauren Frost
Joey
Paul Freedman
Boss
Martin Garner
Rabbi
Zvee Scooler
Peddler
Leib Lensky
Rabbi's Wife
Eda Reiss Merin
Greenhorn
Zane Lasky
Poultry Woman
Anna Berger
Scribe
Sol Frieder
Lawyer
Robert Lesser
Jake's Landlady
Joanna Merlin
Waiter
Mordecai Lawner
Feigie
Claudia Silver
Inspector
Ed Crowley
Mr. Lipman
Philip Sterling
Whore
Lin Shaye
Kaminsky
Joel Wolfe
Zalman
Bert Salzman
Billy Natbony
