In a time when the world of study belonged only to men, there lived a girl who dared to ask..."why?"
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In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Barbra Streisand | Yentl | Unowned |
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Mandy Patinkin | Avigdor | Unowned |
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Amy Irving | Hadass | Unowned |
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Nehemiah Persoff | Rebbe Mendel | Unowned |
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Steven Hill | Reb Alter Vishkower | Unowned |
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Allan Corduner | Shimmele | Unowned |
| Ruth Goring | Esther Rachel | Unowned | |
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David de Keyser | Rabbi Zalman | Unowned |
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Bernard Spear | Tailor | Unowned |
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Doreen Mantle | Mrs. Shaemen | Unowned |
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Lynda Baron | Peshe | Unowned |
| Jack Lynn | Bookseller | Unowned | |
| Anna Tzelniker | Mrs. Kovner | Unowned | |
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Miriam Margolyes | Sarah | Unowned |
| Mary Henry | Mrs. Jacobs | Unowned | |
| Robbie Barnett | Tailor's Assistant | Unowned | |
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Ian Sears | David | Unowned |
| Frank Baker | Village Student | Unowned | |
| Anthony Dean Rubeš | Village Student | Unowned | |
| Renata Buser | Mrs. Shaemen's Daughter | Unowned | |
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Kerry Shale | Yeshiva Student | Unowned |
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Danny Brainin | Yeshiva Student | Unowned |
| Gary Brown | Yeshiva Student | Unowned | |
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Jonathan Tafler | Yeshiva Student | Unowned |
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Peter Whitman | Yeshiva Student | Unowned |
| Teddy Kempner | Yeshiva Student | Unowned | |
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Norma Atallah | Debra (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Mark English | Yeshiva Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Milena Glogarová | Woman on the Charles Bridge (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Derek Lyons | Yeshiva Student (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Chris Parsons | Scholar (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Peter Ross-Murray | Yeshiva Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Beth Porter | Hadass' maid (uncredited) | Unowned |