Yentl

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Yentl is a 1983 musical drama directed by and starring Barbra Streisand, alongside Amy Irving and Mandy Patinkin. Set in early twentieth-century Eastern Europe, the film follows a Jewish girl living in a Polish shtetl who disguises herself as a boy named Anshel to gain admission to a yeshiva and pursue the religious education forbidden to women of her time. After her father’s death leaves her alone, she embarks on this daring journey, only to find herself caught between her studies, her unexpected feelings for a fellow student, and a marriage of convenience that threatens to expose her secret.

This single-disc DVD release runs two hours and thirteen minutes and carries a PG rating from MGM/UA Entertainment Company. Based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Yiddish story, the screenplay was adapted by Streisand and Jack Rosenthal. A used copy from us means you own this musical drama without the new price tag.