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Yentl is a woman living in an Ashkenazi shtetl named Pechev [3] in Poland in 1904. Yentl's father, Reb Mendel (“Papa”), 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. After the death of her father, Yentl decides to cut ...
- November 18, 1983 (United States)
Jan 6, 1984 · A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training in 1904 Eastern Europe. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-winning film.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Barbra Streisand
- 1984-01-06
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Yentl is a 1983 musical drama based on a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer. It tells the tale of a young Jewish girl who disguises herself as a boy to study and falls in love with a male scholar.
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...
- (402)
- Barbra Streisand
- PG
- Barbra Streisand
Yentl is a play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Based on Singer's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" published in 1962, it centers on a young woman who defies tradition by discussing and debating Jewish law and theology with her rabbi father.
Yentl is a Jewish girl who disguises herself as a boy to study the Talmud in Eastern Europe. She falls in love with Avigdor, who is engaged to Hadass, and faces a dilemma of identity and desire.
