Tevye(1939)
Overview
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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Movie: Tevye
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tevya 'Tevye'
Chavah 'Khave'
Goldie 'Golde'
Zeitel 'Tseytl'
Fedya 'Fedye' Galagen
Shloimele
Perele
Aleksei, the Priest
Mikita Galagen, Fedya's Father
Mrs. Galagen, Mikita's Wife
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Overview
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?
Release Date
1939-12-21
Average
5.7
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
The original, non-musical film version of the book which inspired "Fiddler on the Roof".
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