Tevye and His Seven Daughters (1968)

Original title

Tuvia Vesheva Benotav

Directed by

Menahem Golan

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 59m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This film follows a Jewish dairyman in early 20th century Russia as he tries to arrange marriages for his seven daughters. Based on the same stories as Fiddler on the Roof, it focuses on family and tradition.

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What happens

Tevye and His Seven Daughters (Hebrew: טוביה ושבע בנותיו, romanized: 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. The film, which is in Hebrew and has a runtime of 119 minutes, was produced by Menahem Golan and Artur Brauner. It achieved significant box office success, selling 615,700 tickets in Israeli cinemas. Tuvia and His Seven Daughters was slated to compete at the Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was canceled due to the events of May 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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