Yentl

Yentl

132 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Nov. 18, 1983

Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way.

Yentl

132 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Nov. 18, 1983

Yentl
Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers United Artists, Barwood Films, Ladbroke
Original title Yentl
Directors Barbra Streisand
Writers Jack Rosenthal, Barbra Streisand

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

Anna Tzelniker

as Mrs. Kovner

Miriam Margolyes

as Sarah

Mary Henry

as Mrs. Jacobs

Robbie Barnett

as Tailor's Assistant

Ian Sears

as David

Frank Baker

as Village Student

Anthony Dean Rubes

as Village Student

Renata Buser

as Mrs. Shaemen's Daughter

Kerry Shale

as Yeshiva Student

Danny Brainin

as Yeshiva Student

Gary Brown

as Yeshiva Student

Jonathan Tafler

as Yeshiva Student

Peter Whitman

as Yeshiva Student

Teddy Kempner

as Yeshiva Student

Norma Atallah

as Debra (uncredited)

Mark English

as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

Milena Glogarová

as Woman on the Charles Bridge (uncredited)

Derek Lyons

as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

Chris Parsons

as Scholar (uncredited)

Peter Ross-Murray

as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)