Yentl

6.7

132 minutes

11/18/1983

Overview

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.

Cast List

Barbra Streisand
as Yentl
Mandy Patinkin
as Avigdor
Amy Irving
as Hadass
Nehemiah Persoff
as Rebbe Mendel
Steven Hill
as Reb Alter Vishkower
Allan Corduner
as Shimmele
Ruth Goring
as Esther Rachel
David de Keyser
as Rabbi Zalman
Bernard Spear
as Tailor
Doreen Mantle
as Mrs. Shaemen
Lynda Baron
as Peshe
Jack Lynn
as Bookseller
Anna Tzelniker
as Mrs. Kovner
Miriam Margolyes
as Sarah
Mary Henry
as Mrs. Jacobs
Robbie Barnett
as Tailor's Assistant
Ian Sears
as David
Frank Baker
as Village Student
Anthony Dean Rubeš
as Village Student
Renata Buser
as Mrs. Shaemen's Daughter
Kerry Shale
as Yeshiva Student
Danny Brainin
as Yeshiva Student
Gary Brown
as Yeshiva Student
Jonathan Tafler
as Yeshiva Student
Peter Whitman
as Yeshiva Student
Teddy Kempner
as Yeshiva Student
Norma Atallah
as Debra (uncredited)
Mark English
as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)
Milena Glogarová
as Woman on the Charles Bridge (uncredited)
Derek Lyons
as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)
Chris Parsons
as Scholar (uncredited)
Peter Ross-Murray
as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)
Beth Porter
as Hadass' maid (uncredited)