Yentl (Original title)
Dates: 1983 (Copyright), 30 March 1984 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Barbra Streisand
Synopsis: Period musical. Yentl, a village woman in Eastern Europe in the early 1900s, struggles against the traditions whereby men are allowed to study works of Jewish teaching but women are not. When her rabbi father dies, she dresses as a boy and sets out to a yeshiva (a religious school), hoping to be accepted as a student of the Talmud. This goes to plan, and, posing as Anshel, Yentl proves an avid student. Complications set in when she begins to fall in love with her best friend, fellow student Avigdor, and the problem is compounded when he urges Yentl to marry his beloved ex-fiancée, the dutiful Hadass.
Genres: Musical, Drama, Romance
Subjects: Disguises, Feminism, Judaism, Yeshevas, Talmud, the
Releases
Date: 18 November 1983Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby / StereoRuntime: 133 mins Length: 11976 FeetDialogue (original): English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11951 FeetBFI identifier: C-198753
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11989 FeetBFI identifier: C-198752
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11951 FeetBFI identifier: C-198753
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Dates: 1983 (Copyright), 30 March 1984 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Barbra Streisand
Synopsis: Period musical. Yentl, a village woman in Eastern Europe in the early 1900s, struggles against the traditions whereby men are allowed to study works of Jewish teaching but women are not. When her rabbi father dies, she dresses as a boy and sets out to a yeshiva (a religious school), hoping to be accepted as a student of the Talmud. This goes to plan, and, posing as Anshel, Yentl proves an avid student. Complications set in when she begins to fall in love with her best friend, fellow student Avigdor, and the problem is compounded when he urges Yentl to marry his beloved ex-fiancée, the dutiful Hadass.
Genres: Musical, Drama, Romance
Subjects: Disguises, Feminism, Judaism, Yeshevas, Talmud, the
Releases
Date: 18 November 1983Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby / StereoRuntime: 133 mins Length: 11976 FeetDialogue (original): English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11951 FeetBFI identifier: C-198753
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11989 FeetBFI identifier: C-198752
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11951 FeetBFI identifier: C-198753
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)