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Tevya is a 1939 American Yiddish film, based on author Sholem Aleichem's stock character Tevye the Dairyman, also the subject of the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof. It was the first non-English language picture selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.
Original Release
12/21/1939
US Release
12/21/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Miriam Riselle | Chavah 'Khave' |
Rebecca Weintraub | Goldie 'Golde' |
Paula Lubelski | Zeitel 'Tseytl' |
Leon Liebgold | Fedya 'Fedye' Galagen |
Vicki Marcus | Shloimele |
Betty Marcus | Perele |
Julius Adler | Aleksei, the Priest |
Daniel Makarenko | Mikita Galagen, Fedya's Father |
Helen Grossman | Mrs. Galagen, Mikita's Wife |
Morris Strassberg | Starosta |
Directors
Writers
Maurice Schwartz, Sholom Aleichem, Marcy Klauber
Cast
Name | Character |
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Miriam Riselle | Chavah 'Khave' |
Rebecca Weintraub | Goldie 'Golde' |
Paula Lubelski | Zeitel 'Tseytl' |
Leon Liebgold | Fedya 'Fedye' Galagen |
Vicki Marcus | Shloimele |
Betty Marcus | Perele |
Julius Adler | Aleksei, the Priest |
Daniel Makarenko | Mikita Galagen, Fedya's Father |
Helen Grossman | Mrs. Galagen, Mikita's Wife |
Morris Strassberg | Starosta |
Al Harris | Zazuli 'Zuzuya' |
Louis Weisberg | Shtarsina |
Boas Young | Uradnick, the Officer |
Maurice Schwartz | Tevya 'Tevye' |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Maurice Schwartz | Producer |
Henry Ziskin | Producer |