Yentl (1983)

  • PG
  • 11/16/1983 (US)
  • Music, Drama, Romance
  • 2h 12m

In a time when the world of study belonged only to men, there lived a girl who dared to ask..."why?"

Overview

In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.

Barbra Streisand

Screenplay, Director

Jack Rosenthal

Screenplay

Cast

Barbra Streisand's headshot

Barbra Streisand

Yentl
Mandy Patinkin's headshot

Mandy Patinkin

Avigdor
Amy Irving's headshot

Amy Irving

Hadass
Nehemiah Persoff's headshot

Nehemiah Persoff

Rebbe Mendel
Steven Hill's headshot

Steven Hill

Reb Alter Vishkower
Allan Corduner's headshot

Allan Corduner

Shimmele
Ruth Goring's headshot

Ruth Goring

Esther Rachel
David de Keyser's headshot

David de Keyser

Rabbi Zalman

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