In a time when the world of study belonged only to men, there lived a girl who dared to ask..."why?"
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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- Barbra StreisandYentl
- Mandy PatinkinAvigdor
- Amy IrvingHadass
- Nehemiah PersoffRebbe Mendel
- Steven HillReb Alter Vishkower
- Allan CordunerShimmele
- Ruth GoringEsther Rachel
- David de KeyserRabbi Zalman
- Bernard SpearTailor
- Doreen MantleMrs. Shaemen
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- Barbra StreisandDirector
- Barbra StreisandScreenplay
- Jack RosenthalScreenplay
- David WatkinDirector of Photography
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
- Terry RawlingsEditor
- Rusty LemorandeProducer
- Barbra StreisandProducer
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