Tevye (1939)
Directed by Maurice Schwartz · 93 min · Drama
19.8 TOPICAL score · #4,536 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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?
Tevye (1939, directed by Maurice Schwartz) has a TOPICAL score of 19.8 - ranked 4,536 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and historical impact, and lowest on awards. Critics: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.3/10 (9 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 10 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.3/10 (9 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 10 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read600 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Maurice Schwartz, Miriam Riselle, Rebecca Weintraub, Paula Lubelski