Yentl

In a time when the world of study belonged only to men, there lived a girl who dared to ask..."why?"

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

Barbra Streisand

Yentl

Mandy Patinkin

Avigdor

Amy Irving

Hadass

Nehemiah Persoff

Rebbe Mendel

Steven Hill

Reb Alter Vishkower

Allan Corduner

Shimmele

Ruth Goring

Esther Rachel

David de Keyser

Rabbi Zalman

Bernard Spear

Tailor

Doreen Mantle

Mrs. Shaemen

Lynda Baron

Peshe

Jack Lynn

Bookseller