Tevye the Dairyman (2018): Ukraine’s Entry for the Best Foreign Film Oscar.
The same story served as the source of the stage musical and then the screen version of Fiddler on the Roof (1971).
In the early XX century, Tevye the Dairyman lives in a small village in Ukraine. He is poor and believes that his daughters have one chance to escape poverty – a successful marriage.
Te vye acc e p ts a profitable proposition from a matchmaker , but his beauti ful daught e rs hav e a di ff e r e nt p l an.
The film was shot at historical locations in Ukraine where the original stories of “Tevye the Dairyman” took place. Tevye moved to the village of Zabire around 1873.
The villagers are proud that Tevye and his wife Golda became a protot yp e s of stori e s “Te vye the D ai r ym an” – the cl assi cs of Je w i sh li t e ratur e w ri tt e n by Sholom A l e i che m . In the 1 90 0 s Te vye has bui l t a ne w house . h ouse . Vi l l age rs r e cal l e d Te vye li vi ng the r e and be i ng a ki nd and a v e r y brav e m an