Yentl

Yentl Mendel is a woman living in an Ashkenazi shtetl named Pechev in Poland in 1904. Yentl's father, Rebbe Mendel (Nehemiah Persoff), secretly instructs her in the Talmud despite the proscription of such study by women according to the custom of her community. Yentl refuses to be married off to a man.

MPAA Rating:PG
Genre:Drama, Musical, Romance
Country:United Kingdom, United States
Produced By:Larry Dewaay, Rusty Lemorande, Barbra Streisand
Directed By:Barbra Streisand
Written By:Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jack Rosenthal, Barbra Streisand
Cast:Bernard Spear, Steven Hill, Jonathan Tafler, Jack Lynn, Danny Brainin, Ian Sears, Robbie Barnett, Norma Atallah, Miriam Margolyes, Doreen Mantle, Kerry Shale, Teddy Kempner, Allan Corduner, Peter Whitman, Amy Irving, Frank Baker, Ruth Goring, Lynda Baron, Anna Tzelniker, Renata Buser, Derek Lyons, David De Keyser, Anthony Dean Rubes, Barbra Streisand, Mary Henry, Mandy Patinkin, Nehemiah Persoff
In Theaters:Jan 06, 1984
Runtime:2 hours 12 minutes
Production:Ladbroke, Barwood Films, United Artists
Budget:$12,000,000
Box Office:$40,218,899
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