Tevye (1939)

Tevye is a dairyman in the Russian Ukraine early in the 20th century He lives in a cabin outside Boyberik with his wife Goldie his widowed daughter Tseytl her two children and his younger daughter the unmarried Khave Khave is being courted by Fedya a Christian the son of a local government official Tevye warns Khave against romance and marriage outside her faith but Fedya is persuasive too What will Khave decide how will Tevye react and when the Tsar initiates a pogrom will Tevyes friends come to his defense Can the stubborn Tevye reconcile his heart and tradition