Tevye (1939)
Tevya
The original, non-musical film version of the book which inspired "Fiddler on the Roof".
93 min
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
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Maurice Schwartz as Tevya
- Miriam Riselle as Chavah
- Rebecca Weintraub as Goldie
- Paula Lubelski as Zeitel
- Leon Liebgold as Fedya
- Vicki Marcus as Shloimele
- Betty Marcus as Perele
- Julius Adler as Priest
- Daniel Makarenko as Mikita
- Helen Grossman as Mikita's Wife
Crew
- Maurice Schwartz · Director
- Sholom Aleichem · Writer
- Maurice Schwartz · Writer
- Marcy Klauber · Writer
- Henry Ziskin · Producer
- Sholom Secunda · Composer
- Larry Williams · Cinematographer
- Sam Citron · Editor