Music / Drama / Romance /

Score: 67%( 246 votes )

Overview: 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

Anna Tzelniker
Mrs. Kovner

Miriam Margolyes
Sarah

Mary Henry
Mrs. Jacobs

Robbie Barnett
Tailor's Assistant

Ian Sears
David

Frank Baker
Village Student

Anthony Dean Rubeš
Village Student

Renata Buser
Mrs. Shaemen's Daughter

Kerry Shale
Yeshiva Student

Danny Brainin
Yeshiva Student

Gary Brown
Yeshiva Student

Jonathan Tafler
Yeshiva Student

Peter Whitman
Yeshiva Student

Teddy Kempner
Yeshiva Student

Norma Atallah
Debra (uncredited)

Mark English
Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

Milena Glogarová
Woman on the Charles Bridge (uncredited)

Derek Lyons
Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

Chris Parsons
Scholar (uncredited)

Peter Ross-Murray
Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

Beth Porter
Hadass' maid (uncredited)