Tevye

Story

Synopsis

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?

Director

Maurice Schwartz

Writers

Maurice Schwartz, Marcy Klauber, Sholom Aleichem

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

21 December 1939

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Maurice Schwartz

  Tevya 'Tevye'

• Miriam Riselle

  Chavah 'Khave'

• Rebecca Weintraub

  Goldie 'Golde'

• Paula Lubelski

  Zeitel 'Tseytl'

• Leon Liebgold

  Fedya 'Fedye' Galagen

• Vicki Marcus

  Shloimele

• Betty Marcus

  Perele

• Julius Adler

  Aleksei, the Priest

• Daniel Makarenko

  Mikita Galagen, Fedya's Father

• Helen Grossman

  Mrs. Galagen, Mikita's Wife

• Morris Strassberg

  Starosta

• Al Harris

  Zazuli 'Zuzuya'