Tevye
“The original, non-musical film version of the book which inspired "Fiddler on the Roof".”
Tevye is a dairyman in the Russian Ukraine early in the 20th century. He lives in a cabin outside Boyberik with his wife Goldie, his widowed daughter Tseytl, her two children, and his younger daughter, the unmarried Khave. Khave is being courted by Fedya, a Christian, the son of a local government official. Tevye warns Khave against romance and marriage outside her faith, but Fedya is persuasive too. What will Khave decide, how will Tevye react, and when the Tsar initiates a pogrom, will Tevye's friends come to his defense? Can the stubborn Tevye reconcile his heart and tradition?
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Cast
20 people
Maurice Schwartz
Tevya 'Tevye'
Known for
Salome
Miriam Riselle
Chavah 'Khave'
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The Singing Blacksmith
Larry Williams
Sholom Aleichem
Rebecca Weintraub
Goldie 'Golde'
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Breaking Home Ties
Uncle Moses
Marcy Klauber
Henry Ziskin
Sholom Secunda
Paula Lubelski
Zeitel 'Tseytl'
Also in
Mothers of Today
Eli Eli
Sam Citron
Leon Liebgold
Fedya 'Fedye' Galagen
Also in
The Dybbuk
Yiddle with His Fiddle
Vicki Marcus
Shloimele
Also in
The Cantor's Son
Maurice Schwartz Director · Sholom Aleichem Author Sholom Secunda Composer
Budget $70K · United States release December 21, 1939 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$70,000
Production
Maymon Film Inc.
Production
United States
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Languages
Original title
Tevya
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Yiddish
Release dates
United States · December 21, 1939
Theatrical
Germany
March 20, 1983 · TV premiere
Hong Kong SAR China
March 4, 2002 · Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
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