Tevye (Tevya) 84 years old

The original, non-musical film version of the book which inspired "Fiddler on the Roof".

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?

Credits

Tevye Cast

Name Character
Maurice Schwartz He was 49, 69 years old when he died as Tevya 'Tevye'
Morris Strassberg as Starosta

Tevye Crew

Name Department
Sholom Aleichem as Novel. Writing
Maurice Schwartz as Director. He was 49 (69) years old when He died Directing
Maurice Schwartz as Writer. He was 49 (69) years old when He died Writing
Tevye poster
Tevye (84 years)

The original, non-musical film version of the book which inspired "Fiddler on the Roof".

  • Release day: Thursday, December 21, 1939
  • Runtime: 93 minutes