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...time when the world of study belonged only to men, there lived a girl called Yentl. Eastern Europe, 1904." A shy, clumsy thing with a burning intelligence, Yentl breaks Hebrew tradition and is instructed secretly in the Scriptures by her ailing father (Nehemiah Persoff, a grave, endearing patriarch). When he dies, Yentl resolves to fulfill her dream of studying at a yeshiva. She cuts her hair, dons a suit and strikes out on her own, calling herself "Anshel." Her new study partner is a handsome rabbinical student, Avigdor (Patinkin), for whom the Talmud holds all life's answers...
...humbly to what he views as his daughter's failure. The fact that this character's view is sold as truth by the director is too bad, for Wallach is a good enough actor that he might have scored a triumph in a more balanced and honest film. Nehemiah Persoff as a kindly psyhciatrist with some sympathy for Maxie also does well. Again, it is a shame he has such a small part. He is given some good lines, some good scenes, but they are a minor part of a flawed whole...
...premiere of a full-length movie produced specially for television, The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones, starring Robert Horton, Sal Mineo, Nehemiah Persoff, Gary Merrill and Diane Baker...
...HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).*Playing chemin de fer, U.S. Businessman Cliff Robertson gets the inside straight from Maurice Evans, the chief steward of a casino royale in "The Game." Filling out the green baize table are Dina Merrill and Nehemiah Persoff. Repeat...
...Witness (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Re-enactment of the case of Charles Becker, the New York City police lieutenant electrocuted in 1915 for the murder of Gambler Herman Rosenthal. As played by Nehemiah Persoff, Becker will be put on the griddle by real lawyers in a simulated investigation...