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

1983

2h 12m

6.7(246 votes)

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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.

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33 members

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Barbra Streisand

Yentl

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Mandy Patinkin

Avigdor

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Amy Irving

Hadass

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Nehemiah Persoff

Rebbe Mendel

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Steven Hill

Reb Alter Vishkower

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Allan Corduner

Shimmele

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Ruth Goring

Esther Rachel

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David de Keyser

Rabbi Zalman

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Bernard Spear

Tailor

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Doreen Mantle

Mrs. Shaemen

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Lynda Baron

Peshe

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Jack Lynn

Bookseller

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Anna Tzelniker

Mrs. Kovner

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Miriam Margolyes

Sarah

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Mary Henry

Mrs. Jacobs

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Robbie Barnett

Tailor's Assistant

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Ian Sears

David

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Frank Baker

Village Student

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Anthony Dean Rubeš

Village Student

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Costume & Make-Up

Renata Buser

Mrs. Shaemen's Daughter

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Kerry Shale

Yeshiva Student

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Danny Brainin

Yeshiva Student

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Gary Brown

Yeshiva Student

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Jonathan Tafler

Yeshiva Student

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Peter Whitman

Yeshiva Student

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Teddy Kempner

Yeshiva Student

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Norma Atallah

Debra (uncredited)

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Mark English

Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

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Milena Glogarová

Woman on the Charles Bridge (uncredited)

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Derek Lyons

Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

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Chris Parsons

Scholar (uncredited)

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Peter Ross-Murray

Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

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Beth Porter

Hadass' maid (uncredited)

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Cast & Crew

Barbra Streisand

Mandy Patinkin

Amy Irving

Nehemiah Persoff

Steven Hill

Allan Corduner

Ruth Goring

David de Keyser

Bernard Spear

Doreen Mantle

Lynda Baron

Jack Lynn

Anna Tzelniker

Miriam Margolyes

Mary Henry

Robbie Barnett

Ian Sears

Frank Baker

Anthony Dean Rubeš

Renata Buser

Kerry Shale

Danny Brainin

Gary Brown

Jonathan Tafler

Peter Whitman

Teddy Kempner

Norma Atallah

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Milena Glogarová

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