Yentl
Movie · Drama · Musical

Yentl Mendel, whose thirst for knowledge is inhibited by Jewish custom, has privately studied with her rabbi father. When he dies, she is determined to continue her studies so she disguises herself as a boy in order to gain admission to a yeshiva.

1983 · 2h 14m
  • 69%
Starring Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving
Director Barbra Streisand

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Cast & Crew

  • Barbra Streisand
    Yentl
  • Mandy Patinkin
    Avigdor
  • Amy Irving
    Hadass
  • Nehemiah Persoff
    Reb Mendel
  • Steven Hill
    Reb Alter Vishkower
  • Miriam Margolyes
    Sarah
  • Allan Corduner
    Shimmele
  • R‌G
    Ruth Goring
    Esther Rachel
  • Lynda Baron
    Peshe
  • David de Keyser
    Rabbi Zalman
  • B‌S
    Bernard Spear
    Tailor

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Yentl

Drama

Yentl Mendel, whose thirst for knowledge is inhibited by Jewish custom, has privately studied with her rabbi father. When he dies, she is determined to continue her studies so she disguises herself as a boy in order to gain admission to a yeshiva.

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Studio
MGM
Released
1983
Run Time
2 hr 14 min
Rated
U
Content Advisories
Content suitable for all ages
Region of Origin
United States
© Statutory declaration under section 52A of the Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended): We, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. located at 245 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210-5317 hereby declare that we are the owners of the copyright for distributing this cinematography film, having secured necessary consent and license from the producer of the film.

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