Yentl
1983
In early twentieth-century Eastern Europe, a young Jewish woman disguises herself as a man in order to study at a Yeshiva and pursue her passion for learning, a path forbidden to women by the Orthodox tradition. Based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's story, the film is also a musical romance about identity and the desire for self-determination.
Director
- Barbra Streisand
Cast
- Barbra Streisand
- Mandy Patinkin
- Amy Irving
- Nehemiah Persoff
- Steven Hill
- Allan Corduner
- Ruth Goring
- David de Keyser
- Bernard Spear
- Lynda Baron
- Miriam Margolyes
Filming Locations
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Liverpool
Pier Head was used for Ellis Island, New York.