Yentl

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

6.7(259)19832h 12m

MusicDramaRomance

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.

Director

Barbra Streisand

Budget

$12.0M

Revenue

$30.4M

Cast

Barbra Streisand

Yentl

Mandy Patinkin

Avigdor

Amy Irving

Hadass

Nehemiah Persoff

Rebbe Mendel

Steven Hill

Reb Alter Vishkower

Allan Corduner

Shimmele

Ruth Goring

Esther Rachel

David de Keyser

Rabbi Zalman

Bernard Spear

Tailor

Doreen Mantle

Mrs. Shaemen

Lynda Baron

Peshe

Jack Lynn

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Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

1y ago

6.0

The eponymous young woman (Barbra Streisand) has been brought up by her father (Nehemiah Persoff) to be a free thinking and curious young girl, and one who is determined to get an education even though it is only boys who are allowed to go to university. When he dies, she hits on quite a riskily innovative idea. She will cut her hair and dress as boy. Voilà - "Anschel" is born and of he goes to fu...