Movie
Yentl
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1983-11-18
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- Music, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ladbroke, United Artists, Barwood Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Barbra Streisand as Yentl
- Mandy Patinkin as Avigdor
- Amy Irving as Hadass
- Nehemiah Persoff as Rebbe Mendel
- Steven Hill as Reb Alter Vishkower
- Allan Corduner as Shimmele
- Ruth Goring as Esther Rachel
- David de Keyser as Rabbi Zalman
- Bernard Spear as Tailor
- Doreen Mantle as Mrs. Shaemen
- Lynda Baron as Peshe
- Jack Lynn as Bookseller
Crew
- Barbra Streisand - Director
- Barbra Streisand - Screenplay
- Jack Rosenthal - Screenplay
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