
“All those years, all those dreams, all those sons... one of them is going to be a star.”
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
Release Date: 2/13/1981
Runtime: 96 minutes
Languages: English, Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Budget: $1.5M
Revenue: $6.0M
Companies: Bakshi Productions, Aspen Productions, Columbia Pictures
Countries: United States of America, Netherlands, South Korea, United Kingdom
Frank De Kova
Crisco (voice)

Ron Thompson
Tony Belinksy / Pete Belinksy (voice)

Lisa Jane Persky
Bella (voice)
Jeffrey Lippa
Zalmie Belinksy (voice)

Frank De Kova
Crisco (voice)

Roz Kelly
Eva Tanguay (voice)

Mews Small
Frankie (as Marya Small)

Elsa Raven
Hannele (voice)

Vincent Schiavelli
Theatre Owner (voice)

Richard Moll
Beat Poet (voice)

Lynda Wiesmeier
The Blonde (voice)

Lee Ving
Punk Rocker (voice)
Jerry Holland
Louie (voice)
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