
Next Stop, Greenwich Village(1976)
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.


“The war was over. But can there ever be peace for a man with three wives?”
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.

Ron Silver
Herman Broder

Anjelica Huston
Tamara Broder

Lena Olin
Masha

Małgorzata Zajączkowska
Yadwiga

Alan King
Rabbi Lembeck

Judith Malina
Masha's Mother

Rita Karin
Mrs. Schreier

Phil Leeds
Peeheles

Elya Baskin
Yaska Kobik

Paul Mazursky
Leon Tortshiner
Enemies, a Love Story is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1989. Directed by Paul Mazursky, it stars Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin. A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
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