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?

Release Date

December 21, 1939

Status

Released

Original Title

Tevya

Runtime

1h 33min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Yiddish

Production Companies

Maymon Film Inc.