Yentl
"In a time when the world of study belonged only to men, there lived a girl called Yentl..." Directed by and starring screen legend Barbra Streisand, a young woman takes her late brother's name and enters a Jewish religious school in early 20th century Poland. There, she masquerades as a boy in order to pursue her thirst for knowledge and befriends fellow student Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin).
"In a time when the world of study belonged only to men, there lived a girl called Yentl..." Directed by and starring screen legend Barbra Streisand, a young woman takes her late brother's name and enters a Jewish religious school in early 20th century Poland. There, she masquerades as a boy in order to pursue her thirst for knowledge and befriends fellow student Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin).
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- Actor
- Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff, Steven Hill, Allan Corduner, Ruth Goring, David De Keyser
- Director
- Barbra Streisand
- Producer
- Barbra Streisand, Rusty Lemorande
- Writer
- Jack Rosenthal, Barbra Streisand, Isaac Bashevis Singer