Yentl

About Yentl

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.

Yentl is a 1983 music romance film directed by Barbra Streisand. The film is filed under disguise, jewish, judaism, and boys' school.

Barbra Streisand appears as Yentl, Mandy Patinkin as Avigdor, Amy Irving as Hadass, and Nehemiah Persoff as Rebbe Mendel. It runs 132 minutes and was released in November 1983.

The screenplay is by Barbra Streisand and Jack Rosenthal. American members can watch it on MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus, and MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel.

Frozen, Mamma Mia!, and The Prince of Egypt make useful companions to Yentl, all filed under musical. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 271 votes and it carries a PG rating.