Yentl

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

Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way.

Barbra Streisand

Yentl

Mandy Patinkin

Avigdor

Amy Irving

Hadass

Nehemiah Persoff

Rebbe Mendel

Steven Hill

Reb Alter Vishkower

Miriam Margolyes

Sarah

Ruth Goring

Esther Rachel

Ian Sears

David

Allan Corduner

Shimmele

Lynda Baron

Peshe

David de Keyser

Rabbi Zalman

Bernard Spear

Tailor

Jack Lynn

Bookseller

Doreen Mantle

Mrs. Shaemen

Anna Tzelniker

Mrs. Kovner

Jonathan Tafler

Yeshiva Student

Kerry Shale

Yeshiva Student

Mary Henry

Mrs. Jacobs