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Yentl

1983-2h 12min
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6.7 / 10 245

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.

MusicDramaRomance

Directed by Barbra Streisand

Writers Barbra Streisand Jack Rosenthal Isaac Bashevis Singer

Stars Barbra Streisand Mandy Patinkin Amy Irving

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Cast

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Barbra Streisand

Yentl
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Mandy Patinkin

Avigdor
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Amy Irving

Hadass
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Nehemiah Persoff

Rebbe Mendel
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Steven Hill

Reb Alter Vishkower
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Allan Corduner

Shimmele
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Ruth Goring

Esther Rachel
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David de Keyser

Rabbi Zalman
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Bernard Spear

Tailor
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Doreen Mantle

Mrs. Shaemen
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Lynda Baron

Peshe
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Jack Lynn

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