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Yentl is a 1983 American romantic musical drama film directed, co-written, co-produced by, and starring American entertainer Barbra Streisand. It is based on Isaac Bashevis Singer 's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy".
Jan 6, 1984 · Yentl: Directed by Barbra Streisand. With Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff. A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
"Yentl" is Barbra Streisand's dream movie. She's been trying to make it for 10 years, ever since she bought the rights to the Isaac Bashevis Singer story it's based on. Hollywood told her she was crazy.
Teenage Yentl lives in an Eastern European village with her widowed father, Reb Mendel. Rather than become a devoted wife to whoever her husband to be - her obligation under Jewish custom - Yentl would like to study the Talmud, a right reserved solely for men.
69% Tomatometer 78 Reviews. 75% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small...
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Yentl. 1983 · 2 hr 14 min. PG. Musicals · Drama · Romance · Independent. Set in early 20th century Poland, a Jewish woman defies the rules by masquerading as a man to pursue her studies but finds herself in a love triangle. Starring: Barbra Streisand Mandy Patinkin Amy Irving.
Nov 18, 1983 · Yentl is a long-haired lass as the film begins, living in a shtetl with the set-designed prettiness of a minor Disneyland. In an opening sequence, Yentl contemplates buying a fish, an activity in...
Barbra Streisand stars in this beautifully portrayed story of a young independent woman who is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to pursue her love of knowledge. Amy Irving and Mandy Patinkin co-star. 2,538 IMDb 6.6 2 h 13 min 1984. X-Ray PG.
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.
