Barbra Streisand
Yentl/Anshel
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Yentl is a woman living in an Ashkenazi shtetl named Pechev [3] in Poland in 1904. Yentl's father, Reb Mendel (“Papa”), secretly instructs her in the Talmud despite the proscription of such study by women according to the custom of her community. Yentl refuses to be married off to a man. After the death of her father, Yentl decides to cut ...
- November 18, 1983 (United States)
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.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Barbra Streisand
- 1984-01-06
Yentl. To give you a notion of the special magic of "Yentl," I'd like to start with the following complicated situation: Yentl, a young Jewish girl, wants to be a scholar. But girls are not permitted to study books. So she disguises herself as a boy, and is accepted by a community of scholars. She falls in love with one of them.
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A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training. Eastern Europe, 1904. A Jewish woman, Yentl, has a thirst for knowledge but is prohibited from learning due to the restrictions of her religion. When her father dies, she sets off to increase her knowledge, posing as a man in order to gain admission to a Jewish religious ...
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 ...
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- Barbra Streisand
- PG
- Barbra Streisand
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 ...
Yentl. 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. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Barbra Streisand stars in this beautifully ...
