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2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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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 Avidor 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
Based on the story "Yentl, the Yeshiva boy" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Originally released as a motion picture in 1983
Director of photography, David Watkin ; editor, Terry Rawlings ; music, Michel Legrand
Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff
MPAA rating: PG; Some material may not be suitable for children
DVD, Region 1; widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround, Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono
English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby surround), dubbed French (Dolby stereo.) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby mono.) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned