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| Year: | 1983 |
| Rating: | 6.2(4943) |
| Listed in: | Drama, Musical, Romance |
| Directed by: | Barbra Streisand |
| Actors: | Mandy Patinkin Nehemiah Persoff Steven Hill Allan Corduner Barbra Streisand Amy Irving |
| "A film with music." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Barbra Streisand | |
| Actors | |
| Mandy Patinkin | as Avigdor |
| Nehemiah Persoff | as Reb Mendel 'Papa' |
| Steven Hill | as Reb Alter Vishkower |
| Allan Corduner | as Shimmele |
| David de Keyser | as Rabbi Zalman |
| Bernard Spear | as Tailor |
| Jack Lynn | as Bookseller |
| Robbie Barnett | as Tailor's Assistant |
| Ian Sears | as David |
| Frank Baker | as Village Student |
| Anthony Dean Rubes | as Village Student |
| Kerry Shale | as Yeshiva Student |
| Danny Brainin | as Yeshiva Student |
| Gary Brown | as Yeshiva Student |
| Jonathan Tafler | as Yeshiva Student |
| Peter Whitman | as Yeshiva Student |
| Teddy Kempner | as Yeshiva Student |
| Mark English | as Yeshiva Student |
| Derek Lyons | as Yeshiva Student |
| Actresses | |
| Barbra Streisand | as Yentl |
| Amy Irving | as Hadass |
| Ruth Goring | as Esther Rachel |
| Doreen Mantle | as Mrs. Shaemen |
| Lynda Baron | as Peshe |
| Anna Tzelniker | as Mrs. Kovner |
| Miriam Margolyes | as Sarah |
| Mary Henry | as Mrs. Jacobs |
| Renata Buser | as Mrs. Shaemen's Daughter |
| Norma Atallah | as Debra |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Budget: | USD 12,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 8,068,933 USD (18 December 1983) |
| Plot: | Dramatization of "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy," by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991); originally published in Yiddish c. 1960, then in English c. 1983. The story: In an Ashkenazic shtetl in Poland, Yentl Mendel is the boyishly klutzy daughter and only child of long widowed Rebbe ("Talmud Teacher") Mendel, who teaches Talmud (a codification of Jewish Law) to local boys - and to Yentl, but secretly because girls were not allowed to learn the law in those days. When her father dies, Yentl is all alone in the world. She takes the momentous decision to leave the village and - disguised as a boy and calling herself by the name of her late brother, Anshel - seeks and gets admitted to a Yeshiva, to study the texts, traditions, subtleties and complexities of Torah, Talmud, etc. She befriends Avigdor who is engaged to Haddas, but her family discovers his brother committed suicide so they call off the wedding (in case Avigdor possesses the same madness). Anshel then finds "him"-self in the awkward position of being called into service as substitute bridegroom, so that the wedding can go ahead and Haddas will have a husband. It is a marriage that never gets consummated - apart from the more obvious reasons, because Haddas still wants Avigdor (though she eventually falls in love with Yentl, too). After numerous complications (including Avidor and Yentl falling in love with each other, briefly, after she reveals her secret to him, along with her bosom), the film ends with everybody getting what they always wanted - Haddas and Avigdor to live happily ever after with each other, while Anshel, now Yentl once again, goes off to America to pursue her dream of serious study in Yeshiva, where she will be able to study without needing to hide her identity as a woman. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Where Is It Written?" Music by Michel Legrand Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Performed by Barbra Streisand "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" Music by Michel Legrand Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Performed by Barbra Streisand "This Is One Of Those Moments" Music by Michel Legrand Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Performed by Barbra Streisand "No Wonder" Music by Michel Legrand Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Performed by Barbra Streisand "The Way He Makes Me Feel" Music by Michel Legrand Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Performed by Barbra Streisand "Tomorrow Night" Music by Michel Legrand Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Performed by Barbra Streisand "Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way?" Music by Michel Legrand Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Performed by Barbra Streisand "No Matter What Happens" Music by Michel Legrand Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Performed by Barbra Streisand "A Piece Of Sky" Music by Michel Legrand Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Performed by Barbra Streisand |
Goofs
| Continuity: During the scene where Streisand sings "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" toward the beginning of the film, Yentl's glasses are laid down in front of her and the style of glasses shown in this scene have modern temple/ear pieces - inappropriate for the time period. However, during other scenes where Yentl takes off or puts on her glasses, the glasses are the old-fashioned, cable-temple/wrap-around-the-ear-style glasses - appropriate for the time-period. |
Quotes
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Yentl/Anshel: Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it? Yentl: If we don't have to hide my studying from God, then why from the neighbors? Yentl's Father: Why? Because I trust God will understand. I'm not so sure about the neighbors. Avigdor: I can't believe this, I'm arguing with a woman! Yentl: It's not the first time. Tailor: A tailor's like a doctor, what's to be ashamed? Bookseller: You're in the wrong place, storybooks for women are over here. Yentl: [holding a book] I'd like this one, please. Bookseller: [takes the book away] Sacred books are for men. Yentl: Why? Bookseller: It's the law. Yentl: Where's it written? Bookseller: It doesn't matter where it's written, it's the law. Yentl: Well if it's the law it must be written somewhere, perhaps in here [the book] . I'll take it. |
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