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Tevye

1939 · 93 min

A solemn, heartfelt Yiddish drama that weighs tradition against love and faith, moving slowly toward a bittersweet reckoning.

Directed by: Maurice Schwartz
Genres: Drama
Starring: Maurice Schwartz, Miriam Riselle, Rebecca Weintraub

Tagline: The original, non-musical film version of the book which inspired "Fiddler on the Roof".
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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Directed by: Maurice Schwartz
Genres: Drama
Starring: Maurice Schwartz, Miriam Riselle, Rebecca Weintraub

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
faith
identity
trauma
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Maurice Schwartz
Written by: Maurice Schwartz
Starring: Maurice Schwartz, Miriam Riselle, Rebecca Weintraub, Paula Lubelski, Leon Liebgold, Vicki Marcus, Betty Marcus, Julius Adler
Music: Sholom Secunda
Cinematography: Larry Williams
Runtime: 93 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: Yiddish

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