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)
Crew
Barbra Streisand
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Author
Jack Rosenthal
Screenplay
Terry Rawlings
Editor
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Steve Lanning
First Assistant Director
Charles Marriott
Second Assistant Director
Peter Waller
Second Assistant Director
Steve Harding
Third Assistant Director
Derek Harrington
Third Assistant Director
Mirek Lux
Assistant Director
Zdeněk Troška
Assistant Director
Larry DeWaay
Executive Producer
Rusty Lemorande
Producer, Second Unit Director
Roy Walker
Production Design
Leslie Tomkins
Production Design, Art Direction
Peter MacDonald
Camera Operator
Douglas Milsome
Camera Operator
Toby Phillips
Steadicam Operator
Garrett Brown
Steadicam Operator
Cis Corman
Casting
Judy Moorcroft
Costume Design
Jan Jamison
Hairdresser
Colin Jamison
Hairdresser
Beryl Lerman
Makeup Artist
Wally Schneiderman
Makeup Artist
Aaron Rochin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Hildyard
Sound Mixer
Philip Rogers
Sound Recordist
Tim Blackham
Sound Engineer
Jim Shields
ADR Editor
Bill Rowe
ADR Mixer
Alan Whibley
Special Effects
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer, Songs
Alan Bergman
Lyricist
Marilyn Bergman
Lyricist
George Dean
Painter
John Roberts
Painter
Tessa Davies
Set Decoration
Paul Bradburn
Props
David James
Still Photographer
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