Directed by:
Barbra StreisandScreenplay:
Barbra StreisandCinematography:
David WatkinComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff, Steven Hill, Allan Corduner, Miriam Margolyes, Ian Sears, Doreen Mantle, Teddy Kempner (more)VOD (2)
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Based on Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer's play of the same name Yentl was directed, co-produced, co-written and stars the legendary Barbra Streisand as Yentl Mendal, a girl living in an Ashkenazi shtetl in Poland in 1904. Her father, Rebbe Mendel (Nehemiah Persoff), secretly instructs her in the Talmud despite the proscription of such study by women according to the customs of her community. After the death of her father, Yentl decides to cut her hair short, dress like a man, take her late brother's name, Anshel, and enter a Jewish religious school where she befriends fellow student, Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin), and meets his fiancée, Hadass (Amy Irving). Romantic complications soon arise though. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Barbra Streisand
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Mandy Patinkin
USA
Best movies:
Wonder (2017)
Yentl (1983)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Amy Irving
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Yentl (1983)
Nehemiah Persoff
Israel
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Steven Hill
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Yentl (1983)
Allan Corduner
Sweden
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
Yentl (1983)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Miriam Margolyes
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Mulan (1998)
Magnolia (1999)
Ian Sears
Best movies:
Yentl (1983)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Inspector Morse (1987) (series)
Doreen Mantle
South Africa
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Yentl (1983)
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Teddy Kempner
Best movies:
Yentl (1983)
Manderlay (2005)
Truly Madly Deeply (1990)
Lynda Baron
UK
Best movies:
Yentl (1983)
Hot Millions (1968)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Bernard Spear
UK
Best movies:
Yentl (1983)
Bedazzled (1967)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
David de Keyser
UK
Best movies:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Yentl (1983)
Danny Brainin
Best movies:
Yentl (1983)
Street Smart (1987)
Dreamchild (1985)
Anthony Dean Rubes
USA
Best movies:
Yentl (1983)
Witness (1985)
The Amityville Curse (1990)
Kerry Shale
Canada
Best movies:
Yentl (1983)
Wrath of Man (2021)
The Jacket (2005)