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

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.

periodfamily-focusedbittersweetculturalslow-pacedintimateheartfeltearthy

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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