Tevye der Milkhiker

Barcode: 58952982 Call Number: International Jewry Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 80 min. Language: Yiddish Description: The character of Tevye the Dairyman originated a century ago in a series of stories by Shloime Rabinovitz (1859-1916), the immensely popular Yiddish writer who went by the pen name Sholem Aleichem. Some of the Tevye stories were adapted for the stage and silent screen by Aleichem before his death. Much later they were seen in musical form in Fiddler on the Roof, the tremendously successful American play and film. This Tevye, directed by and starring the great Yiddish actor Maurice Schwartz, is considered a classic of the Yiddish cinema. It focuses on the story of Chava, one of Tevye's daughters, who falls in love with Fedye, a Ukrainian peasant who reads Gorky. Tevye’s paternal affection is placed in direct conflict with his deep commitment to religious tradition. The film explores issues of assimilation and intermarriage, tradition and modernity, as well as antisemitism and the future of Jewish existence. Made in New York on the eve of World War II, the film depicts a life that was already threatened. Subjects: International Jewry Collection: Martin Salinger Resource Collection