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Yentl

Duration: 2 hours, 4 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Romantic drama. Yentl Mendel has privately studied with her rabbi father, despite women being prohibited to do so. When he dies, she disguises herself as a boy in order to gain admission to a yeshiva. Show more

Contributors

Hadass:
Amy Irving
Reb Mendel "Papa":
Nehemiah Persoff
Reb Alter Vishkower:
Steven Hill
Esther Rachel:
Ruth Goring

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