Overview:
A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.| Status: | Released (1975-10-19) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 3 nominations total |
| Screen: | Joan Micklin Silver, Abraham Cahan |
| Productions: | Midwest Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | , English |
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Crews
- 97646: Joan Micklin Silver - Director - Directing
- 1572234: Kenneth Van Sickle - Director of Photography - Camera
- 97646: Joan Micklin Silver - Screenplay - Writing
- 1359911: Abraham Cahan - Writer - Writing
- 1396837: David Appleton - Associate Producer - Production
- 978563: Katherine Wenning - Editor - Editing
- 2663431: Jay Wolf - Casting - Production
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There are a couple of really quite poignant performances here from "Jake" (Steven Keats) and his wife "Gitl" (Carol Kane) as together with their young son they try to make a new life in New York after fleeing from Russia. He had arrived some time earlier and had already become expose ....
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