Tevye (1939) on Netflix
Tevye supports his household as a dairyman in the Russian Ukraine and lives in a cabin outside Boyberik. His unmarried daughter Khave is courted by Fedya, a Christian.
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Plot summary
Tevye makes his living as a dairyman in the Russian Ukraine at the start of the 20th century, and the household he keeps in a cabin outside Boyberik looks to him for support. With him are his wife Goldie, his widowed daughter Tseytl and her two children, and Khave, his younger daughter, who is not yet married. Fedya, a Christian whose father holds a post in the local government, courts Khave. Tevye warns her against a match outside her faith, and he holds to the traditions he grew up with. Fedya keeps pressing his suit. The family are Jews living under the Tsar's rule.
Cast
- Miriam Riselleas Chavah
- Rebecca Weintraubas Goldie
- Paula Lubelskias Zeitel
- Leon Liebgoldas Fedya
- Vicki Marcusas Shloimele
- Betty Marcusas Perele
- Julius Adleras Priest
- Daniel Makarenkoas Mikita
- Helen Grossmanas Mikita's Wife
- Morris Strassbergas Starosta
- Al Harrisas Zazuli
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tevye (1939)
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- Hitler seized Danzig on August 23, 1939, midway through Tevya's shooting, and a Nazi invasion of Poland was imminent. The film's actors, many with family in Poland, were affected, but filming was completed.
- Long thought lost, Tevya was rediscovered when a print was found in 1978, and in 1991 it became the first non-English-language film selected for the U.S. National Film Registry.
