Tevye (1939),
or Understanding of Chava. Discussing the Yiddish -East European - American Tale on Intermarriage?
or Understanding of Chava. Discussing the Yiddish -East European - American Tale on Intermarriage?
- The film is an adaptation of Chava, a short story about one of the daughter from the Tevye Der Milkhiker, Tevye the Dairyman. This presentation is about Chava in Sholem Aleichem short stories, about the development of this character and the cinema adaptation, some bibliography here:
- About Sholem Aleichem, Ula's podcast can be found at SPOTIFY here:: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EuEbRCawWeSjRFQDjs7J7?si=9B_InLBiQMWqTuXI6ooPoA
1. The creation of the film:
2. Who was the directed, Maurice Schwartz?
3. The Story of Chava is one of the eight stories in the Tevye cycle:
Excerpt from the film:
4. The best know continuation of Chava story is the 1964 musical The Fiddler on the Roof, later turn into film by Norman Jewison (1971). Tevye is genially played in the film (and in thousands of musicals) by Chaim Topol
The film starts with the sonf about TRADITION.
Chava transgresses tradition and the fear of intermarriage. She may be seen as the ultimate end of the tradition. What do you think? But in 1971 film, at the end of the film Tevye forgives Chava, opening a new, modern attitude to the Jewish/Christian intermarriages.
The film starts with the sonf about TRADITION.
Chava transgresses tradition and the fear of intermarriage. She may be seen as the ultimate end of the tradition. What do you think? But in 1971 film, at the end of the film Tevye forgives Chava, opening a new, modern attitude to the Jewish/Christian intermarriages.
4. Some bibliographical links and suggestions: