''Tevye and His Seven Daughters'' ( he, טוביה ושבע בנותיו, translit. Tuvia Vesheva Benotav) is a 1968 Israeli

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Menahem Golan Menahem Golan ( he, מנחם גולן; May 31, 1929 – August 8, 2014, originally Menachem Globus) was an Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director. He was best known for co-owning The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon sp ...

. Based on stories by

Sholem Aleichem ) , birth_date = , birth_place = Pereiaslav, Russian Empire , death_date = , death_place = New York City, U.S. , occupation = Writer , nationality = , period = , genre = Novels, sh ...

, which were also the basis for the

stage musical Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...

and 1971 film, both titled ''Fiddler on the Roof''.

Plot

The film is about a poor Russian Jew named

Tevye Tevye the Dairyman, also translated as Tevye the Milkman ( yi, טבֿיה דער מילכיקער, ''Tevye der milkhiker'' ) is the fictional narrator and protagonist of a series of short stories by Sholem Aleichem, and various adaptations of th ...

who tries to make a living. When he slowly lands money, he attempts to get his daughters married.

Cast

Shmuel Rodensky Shmuel Rodensky ( he, שמואל רודנסקי, 10 December 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Russian-born Israeli actor whose stage, film, and television career in Israel and West Germany spanned six decades. He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 19 ...

Betty Segal Betty or Bettie is a name, a common diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Bea ...

as Golda, his wife * Ninet Dinar as Zeitl *

Avital Paz Avital ( he, אֲבִיטַל) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located ten kilometers south of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In its population was . History The village was founded in 1953 by immigrants from ...

as Hodl * Judith Solé as Sprinza *

Tikva Mor Tikva may refer to: Arts and entertainment: *Tikva Records, a Jewish American record label which existed from the 1940s to the 1970s People: *Tikva Frymer-Kensky (1943–2006), Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School * Avi Tikva (b ...

as Chava * Mira-Gan-Mor as Bailke *

Robert Hoffmann Robert Hoffmann (30 August 1939 – 4 July 2022) was an Austrian actor, best known to British audiences for his title role performance in '' The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'' (1964). Hoffmann was born in Salzburg. ''Crusoe'' was his screen d ...

as Fyodor * Peter van Eyck as Priest *

Wolfgang Kieling Wolfgang Kieling (16 March 1924 – 7 October 1985) was a German actor. Biography In films since childhood in his native Germany, Kieling appeared in a few American films, notably in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Torn Curtain'' (1966), where he played ...

as Poperilli * as

Menahem-Mendl ''Menahem-Mendl'' ( yi, מנחם מענדל) is a series of stories and in Yiddish by Sholem Aleichem about hilarious exploits of an optimistic '' shlemiel'' Menahem-Mendl, who dreams of getting rich. They are presented as an exchange of letters ...

Release

The film was listed to compete at the

1968 Cannes Film Festival The 21st Cannes Film Festival was to have been held from 10 to 24 May 1968, before being curtailled due to the turmoil of May 1968 in France. Background This edition was marked by the previous controversy around the Langlois affair. On February ...

, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of

May 1968 in France Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting some seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, as well as the occupation of universities and factories. At the height of events, which ha ...

References

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* 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 {{romantic-drama-film-stub