Tevye and His Seven Daughters
Appearance
Tevye and His Seven Daughters | |
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Directed by | Menahem Golan |
Screenplay by | Sholem Aleichem Menahem Golan Haim Hefer |
Based on | Tevye and His Daughters by Sholem Aleichem |
Produced by | Artur Brauner Menahem Golan |
Starring | Shmuel Rodensky |
Cinematography | Nissim Leon |
Edited by | Tova Biran |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Language | Hebrew |
Tevye and His Seven Daughters (Hebrew: טוביה ושבע בנותיו, translit. Tuvia Vesheva Benotav) is a 1968 Israeli drama film directed by Menahem Golan. Based on stories by Sholem Aleichem, which were also the basis for the stage musical and 1971 film, both titled Fiddler on the Roof.
Plot
[edit]A poor Russian Jew named Tevye tries to make a living. When he slowly lands some money, he attempts to get his daughters married.
Cast
[edit]- Shmuel Rodensky as Tevye
- Betty Segal as Golda, his wife
- Ninet Dinar as Zeitl
- Avital Paz as Hodl
- Judith Solé as Sprinza
- Tikva Mor as Chava
- Mira-Gan-Mor as Bailke
- Robert Hoffmann as Fyodor
- Peter van Eyck as Priest
- Wolfgang Kieling as Poperilli
- Illy Gorlitsky as Menahem-Mendl
Release
[edit]The film was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,[1] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
References
[edit]- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Tevye and His Seven Daughters". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
External links
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Categories:
- 1968 films
- 1968 romantic drama films
- Israeli drama films
- West German films
- 1960s Hebrew-language films
- Films about Jews and Judaism
- Films directed by Menahem Golan
- Films set in Russia
- Films set in the 1900s
- Interfaith romance films
- Adaptations of works by Sholem Aleichem
- Films about Orthodox and Hasidic Jews
- Films produced by Menahem Golan
- Films with screenplays by Menahem Golan
- Israeli film stubs
- Romantic drama film stubs