Yentl

Yentl

6.7IMDb Score
Released:1983-11-18
Genre:Music, Drama, Romance
Duration:132 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Barbra Streisand
Actors:Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff, Steven Hill
Production:Ladbroke, United Artists, Barwood Films

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.

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