Yentl Soundtrack
Synopsis: In an Ashkenazic shtetl in Poland, Yentl Mendel is the boyishly klutzy daughter and only child of long widowed Rebbe ("Talmud Teacher") Mendel, who teaches Talmud (a codification of Jewish Law) to local boys - and to Yentl, but secretly because girls were not allowed to learn the law in those days. When her father dies, Yentl is all alone in the world. She takes the momentous decision to leave the village and - disguised as a boy and calling herself by the name of her late brother, Anshel - seeks and gets admitted to a Yeshiva, to study the texts, traditions, subtleties and complexities of Torah, Talmud, etc. She befriends Avigdor who is engaged to Haddas, but her family discovers his brother committed suicide so they call off the wedding (in case Avigdor possesses the same madness). Anshel then finds "him"-self in the awkward position of being called into service as substitute bridegroom, so that the wedding can go ahead and Haddas will have a husband. It is a marriage that never gets
Director(s): Barbra Streisand
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations.
- PG
- Year:
- 1983
- 133 min
- 2,534 Views
# | Song | Duration |
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1 | No Matter What Happens | 4:03 |
2 | No Wonder | 2:30 |
3 | Papa, Can You Hear Me? | 3:29 |
4 | Piece of Sky | 4:19 |
5 | The Way He Makes Me Feel | 4:09 |
6 | This Is One of Those Moments | 4:07 |
7 | Tomorrow Night | 4:43 |
8 | Where Is It Written? | 4:52 |
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