In a time when the world of study belonged only to men, there lived a girl who dared to ask..."why?"
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.
- 6.7
- 1983
- Released
- 2h 12m
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
PesheJack Lynn
BooksellerAnna Tzelniker
Mrs. Kovner
Miriam Margolyes
SarahMary Henry
Mrs. JacobsRobbie Barnett
Tailor's Assistant
Ian Sears
DavidFrank Baker
Village StudentAnthony Dean Rubeš
Village Student
Kerry Shale
Yeshiva Student
Danny Brainin
Yeshiva StudentGary Brown
Yeshiva Student
Jonathan Tafler
Yeshiva Student
Peter Whitman
Yeshiva StudentTeddy Kempner
Yeshiva Student
Norma Atallah
Debra (uncredited)Mark English
Yeshiva Student (uncredited)Milena Glogarová
Woman on the Charles Bridge (uncredited)
Derek Lyons
Yeshiva Student (uncredited)Chris Parsons
Scholar (uncredited)Peter Ross-Murray
Yeshiva Student (uncredited)Beth Porter
Hadass' maid (uncredited)![Yentl (1983) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v3OeBLaKYnI/hqdefault.jpg)
Released
en
$12,000,000.00
$30,400,000.00
- #musical
- #studies
- #disguise
- #unhappiness
- #boys' school
- #woman director
Reviews
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