Yentl

The Resource Yentl

Label

Yentl

Statement of responsibility

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Barwood Films ; Ladbroke Investments ; produced by Rusty Lemorande, Barbra Streisand ; screenplay by Jack Rosenthal and Barbra Streisand ; directed by Barbra Streisand

Language

Summary

Yentl Mendel is the boyish daughter and only child of long widowed Rebbe Mendel. He teaches Talmud to local boys and secretly to Yentl since girls are not allowed to learn the law. When her father dies, Yentl is left all alone. She makes the momentous decision to leave the village and, disguised as a boy and calling herself Anshel, she seeks and gets admitted to a Yeshiva to study. She befriends Avigdor who is engaged to Haddas. Her family calls off the wedding when they discover Avigdor's brother committed suicide. Anshel then finds 'him'-self in the awkward position of being called into service as substitute bridegroom. But Haddas still wants Avigdor. After numerous complications, including Avigdor and Yentl falling in love with each other and she telling him her secret, everyone gets what they want in life. 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

Cataloging source

CaOWLBI

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, David Watkin ; editor, Terry Rawlings ; music, Michel Legrand

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A

Language note

In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

PerformerNote

Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff

Runtime

133

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Context

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Yentl

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The work Yentl represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in St. Catharines Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.