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title: "Yentl: cast and crew"
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cast: 33
crew: 44
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# Yentl (1983): cast and crew

33 cast and 44 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Barbra Streisand](https://film.one/person/barbra-streisand.md) as Yentl
- [Mandy Patinkin](https://film.one/person/mandy-patinkin.md) as Avigdor
- [Amy Irving](https://film.one/person/amy-irving.md) as Hadass
- [Nehemiah Persoff](https://film.one/person/nehemiah-persoff.md) as Rebbe Mendel
- [Steven Hill](https://film.one/person/steven-hill.md) as Reb Alter Vishkower
- [Allan Corduner](https://film.one/person/allan-corduner.md) as Shimmele
- [Ruth Goring](https://film.one/person/ruth-goring.md) as Esther Rachel
- [David de Keyser](https://film.one/person/david-de-keyser.md) as Rabbi Zalman
- [Bernard Spear](https://film.one/person/bernard-spear.md) as Tailor
- [Doreen Mantle](https://film.one/person/doreen-mantle.md) as Mrs. Shaemen
- [Lynda Baron](https://film.one/person/lynda-baron.md) as Peshe
- [Jack Lynn](https://film.one/person/jack-lynn.md) as Bookseller
- Anna Tzelniker as Mrs. Kovner
- [Miriam Margolyes](https://film.one/person/miriam-margolyes.md) as Sarah
- Mary Henry as Mrs. Jacobs
- Robbie Barnett as Tailor's Assistant
- Ian Sears as David
- Frank Baker as Village Student
- Anthony Dean Rubeš as Village Student
- Renata Buser as Mrs. Shaemen's Daughter
- [Kerry Shale](https://film.one/person/kerry-shale.md) as Yeshiva Student
- Danny Brainin as Yeshiva Student
- Gary Brown as Yeshiva Student
- Jonathan Tafler as Yeshiva Student
- Peter Whitman as Yeshiva Student
- Teddy Kempner as Yeshiva Student
- Norma Atallah as Debra (uncredited)
- Mark English as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)
- Milena Glogarová as Woman on the Charles Bridge (uncredited)
- Derek Lyons as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)
- Chris Parsons as Scholar (uncredited)
- Peter Ross-Murray as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)
- Beth Porter as Hadass' maid (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Barbra Streisand](https://film.one/person/barbra-streisand.md): Director
- Mirek Lux: Assistant Director
- Zdeněk Troška: Assistant Director
- Steve Harding: Third Assistant Director
- Steve Lanning: First Assistant Director
- Charles Marriott: Second Assistant Director
- Peter Waller: Second Assistant Director
- Derek Harrington: Third Assistant Director
- [Rusty Lemorande](https://film.one/person/rusty-lemorande.md): Second Unit Director

## Writing

- [Barbra Streisand](https://film.one/person/barbra-streisand.md): Screenplay
- [Jack Rosenthal](https://film.one/person/jack-rosenthal.md): Screenplay
- Isaac Bashevis Singer: Author
- Alan Bergman: Lyricist
- Marilyn Bergman: Lyricist

## Production

- Larry DeWaay: Executive Producer
- [Rusty Lemorande](https://film.one/person/rusty-lemorande.md): Producer
- [Barbra Streisand](https://film.one/person/barbra-streisand.md): Producer
- Cis Corman: Casting

## Camera

- [David Watkin](https://film.one/person/david-watkin.md): Director of Photography
- Toby Phillips: Steadicam Operator
- [Peter MacDonald](https://film.one/person/peter-macdonald.md): Camera Operator
- Garrett Brown: Steadicam Operator
- [Douglas Milsome](https://film.one/person/douglas-milsome.md): Camera Operator
- David James: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [Terry Rawlings](https://film.one/person/terry-rawlings.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Michel Legrand](https://film.one/person/michel-legrand.md): Original Music Composer, Songs
- Jim Shields: ADR Editor
- Aaron Rochin: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Philip Rogers: Sound Recordist
- Bill Rowe: ADR Mixer
- David Hildyard: Sound Mixer
- Tim Blackham: Sound Engineer

## Art

- [Roy Walker](https://film.one/person/roy-walker.md): Production Design
- [Leslie Tomkins](https://film.one/person/leslie-tomkins.md): Production Design, Art Direction
- Tessa Davies: Set Decoration
- Paul Bradburn: Props
- George Dean: Painter
- John Roberts: Painter

## Costume and make-up

- Jan Jamison: Hairdresser
- Beryl Lerman: Makeup Artist
- Colin Jamison: Hairdresser
- [Judy Moorcroft](https://film.one/person/judy-moorcroft.md): Costume Design
- Wally Schneiderman: Makeup Artist

## Crew

- Alan Whibley: Special Effects

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