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19/10/1975 Drama, Romance 1h 30m
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Goodbye O Lord, I'm Going To America!

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.

  1. Joan Micklin Silver

    Director

  2. Abraham Cahan

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Steven Keats

    Jake

  2. Carol Kane

    Gitl

  3. Mel Howard

    Bernstein

  4. Dorrie Kavanaugh

    Mamie

  5. Doris Roberts

    Mrs. Kavarsky

  6. Stephen Strimpell

    Joe Peltner

  7. Lauren Friedman

    Fanny

  8. Paul Freedman

    Joey

  9. Martin Garner

    Boss

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-07-28
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 exposed to some of the more libertarian aspects of American society by the time his family arrived and though he manages to adopt the ways of their new society more readily, she does not. Indeed, his enthusiasm to fit in, and to have his son - now called "Joey" to do likewise begins to pit him against his strongly Jewish...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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