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Yentl

Duration: 2 hours, 4 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland 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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