| Brief Description: | This memorable adaptation of Sholem Aleichem's play centers on Tevye,
the dairyman, and his daughter Khave, who falls in love with Fedye,
the Gentile son of a Ukrainian peasant. Her courtship and marriage pit
Tevye's deep-seated faith and loyalty to tradition. Made from a
completely restored print. "With all due respect for Zero Mostel and
Topol in Fiddler on the Roof, it was Maurice Schwartz, the great
Yiddish actor/director, who first showed Tevye the Dairyman in his
full light as a mensch for all seasons. A rare opportunity to see
Schwartz in what may have been his most magnificent role" (Judy Stone,
San Francisco Chronicle). From the National Center for Jewish Film.
Yiddish with new English subtitles. |
