---
title: 'Tevye (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Maurice Schwartz'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tevye-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032012/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tevye (1939)

1939 · 93 min · Drama · United States

Original title: טביה דער מילכיגער

## Synopsis

Tevya is a 1939 American Yiddish film, based on author Sholem Aleichem's stock character Tevye the Dairyman, also the subject of the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof. It was the first non-English language picture selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Maurice Schwartz](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-schwartz)
- **Screenplay:** [Maurice Schwartz](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-schwartz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sholom Secunda](https://cinepixo.com/people/sholom-secunda)
- **Director of Photography:** [Larry Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-williams)

## Cast

- [Maurice Schwartz](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-schwartz)

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