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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)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Jan 17 2025

The eponymous young woman (Barbra Streisand) has been brought up by her father (Nehemiah Persoff) to be a free thinking and curious young girl, and one who is determined to get an education even though it is only boys who are allowed to go to university. When he dies, she hits on quite a riskily innovative idea. She will cut her hair and dress as boy. Voilà - "Anschel" is born and of he goes to further study the Talmud. Once there, she befriends "Avigdor" (Mandy Patinkin) and his fiancée "Hadass" (Amy Irving) and her association with them gradually makes her realise that there is much more to l...