Top billed cast

1. 

   Barbra Streisand

   Yentl

2. 

   Mandy Patinkin

   Avigdor

3. 

   Amy Irving

   Hadass

4. 

   Nehemiah Persoff

   Rebbe Mendel

5. 

   Steven Hill

   Reb Alter Vishkower

6. 

   Allan Corduner

   Shimmele

7. 

   Ruth Goring

   Esther Rachel

8. 

   David de Keyser

   Rabbi Zalman

9. 

   Bernard Spear

   Tailor

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-17

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 further study the Talmud. Once there, she befriends "Avigdor" (Mandy Patinkin) and his fiancée "Hadass" (Amy Irving) and her association with them gradually makes her realise that there is much more t...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$12,000,000.00

Revenue
$30,400,000.00

Keywords

• musical
• studies
• judaism
• disguise
• unhappiness
• boys' school
• woman director
• jewish
• yeshiva