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Revision as of 18:18, 26 August 2002 by Zoe (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Tevye (also known as Tevya and Tevye der Milkhiker) is a 1939 film which tells the story of a Jewish dairyman in Tsarist Russia, who lives with his widowed daughter and her sister, who is being courted by a Christian. It stars Maurice Schwartz, Miriam Riselle, Rebecca Weintraub, Paula Lubelski, Leon Liebgold, Vicki Marcus, Betty Marcus and Julius Adler.
The movie was adapted by Marcy Klauber and Schwartz from the Sholom Aleichem play Tevye der Milkhiker, and directed by Schwartz. The production is in the Yiddish language.
The play was also used as the source for the Broadway musical and subsequent film Fiddler on the Roof.