Topol, your such a great actor - a damn good actor!!! -, why the hell don't you play in movies as good as you? Make some other wonderful characters like Tevye come to life! Please don't waste you time!
@MrSk8shady he is the fiddler who makes a few appearances throughout the movie. he is first shown as the fiddler on the roof at the very beginning when tevya is talking about tradition and compares their traditions to that of the fiddler's balance
You know what's the worst part? All of that was legal. What Hitler did was legal, what Stalin did was legal, they couldn't go against the law because they were the law. So doing what they did to that little Jewish town was 'ok' in their minds.
@ilikewaffels101 i thought him saying god bless you was the first step in reconciliation. forgiveness doesn't always come easily to people. for tevya, his religion is everything. it is who he is. He felt Chava stabbed him in the back when she left the faith. its sad, but understandable. so glad people are still watching this movie!
A very Good movie , but the sad part is if your observe what is happening in today world the stage is been set for another world war with conspires theories of Jews controlling the world is very popular Europe and Islamic fundamentalist who believe that in order for their messiah to come the should fight the Jews , its time the Evangelical Christians wake up and support the Jews we cannot afford to have another holocaust
wow hes like a gorilla pounding his chest like that ... but seriousely what a sad ending i have never seen this movie till now and i have loved every second of it
Well, the movie is great. I loved it. Thanks for upload. It's amazing how Jews are dedicated to their religion; even in situations like this they are still pray to God, and keep Sabbath. Anyways, good movie
Moving to Krakow ? While it's 1900, 1905 or so ? Hmm ... not a good choice, Fyedka and Chava. Get the hell out to Switzerland or America : that's better.
A shame this scene shows up after the happy drinking scene and dancing contest at the tavern between the christians and the jews. :-(
In my opinion the greatest movie of al time. Regardless of one's religion/faith (maybe you don't have one) the message is crystal clear. Treat others as you'd want to be treated by them. Sadly the Jewish people and many other ethnic minorities aren't - still!
Wow... I haven't watched this movie in years, and it's still as powerful as it was years ago! Great movie!!!!!! :D Oh and for those who say "screw the ending"... I believe that the ending is ambiguous... Via you make your own conclusion when they get to America... Just saying :/
my father showed me this movie when i was a little child, and i liked it then, but most of it was far over my head. now as an adult i watch it again, unsure if i would like it, and i didn't - i loved it!
my father showed me this movie when i was a little child, and i liked it then, but most of it was far over my head. now as an adult i watch it again, unsure if i would like it, and i didn't - i loved it!
For those who keep asking... the fiddler is a metaphor for the lives of the Jews of Anatevka... Tevya says it himself at the beginning: "In a way we are all like fiddlers on the roof: trying to scratch out a simple, pleasant tune, without breaking our necks." The fiddler himself isn't tradition... tradition is like the fiddler's balance, keeping the villagers from "breaking their necks"
"We are leaving too, we are going to Krakow." "We cannot stay among people who would do such things." So if their children and grandchildren are lucky enough, they'll wind up on Schindler's famous list. If not, it's the gas chamber for them. Oy vey.
BTW, in case you wonder, I do not have the honor of being Jewish, as Charlie Chaplin put it.
@mark347347 I think you've gotten your timeline mixed up. Fiddler is set in 1905, before the first World War. Hitler was about 30 years later. Tsarist Russia was anti-semitic because they were considered a threat to the Empire. Though, they ended up falling anyways.
One way to tell that this is much earlier than WWII is the fact that Perchick is working against the gov't. The Russian Civil war (Bolshevik Revolution) happened in 1917, this takes place prior to that.
I prefer lighter musicals. It's a good movie tho. My Hebrew teacher loves Jewish culture, and it seem everyone who thinks this movie rocks is a Judophile (likes Judaism). I sadly don't share his taste. Things I got from this movie: I put myself in Tzeitel's shoes when she was gonna be forced to marry and I thought that is an evil tradition, just like sathi is. Also, can faith really make you forget the love for your family? Raise your kids, but remember they get the final word. Don't hate them.
What a book, film, theatrical production!!!!! Thank-you for the reminder of just how much I have always loved Fiddler On The Roof. The most important line written: 'this much I cannot bend, if I do I will break'. Our everlasting covenant with G-d has never changed, and will never change. We are Jews. We will not be replaced. His laws, His commandments are eternal and will not change, we are His people, and He is our G-d.
If he thought the older girls were really pushing his buttons with tradition, good luck to him raising the other two in North America with it's influences and different cultures O.O
Oh. Words simply cannot explain what I am feeling. It is... Heartbreaking. Devastating. Bitter-sweet. And to have to disown your own daughter in order to keep a religious custom... I understand why he does it, but it is still quite sad. Oh how I thank the Lord that I have a warm house and food on my plate and a family that loves and cares for me. Blessed are the brave who suffer.
@wizikitheguru I read somewhere that the fiddler reappears as a symbol of the instability of their lives. He appeared at the beginning, and then after Lazar Wolf proposed, after Tevye finds out about Hodel, and again as they're leaving Anatevka. So yeah, I think he is imaginary, or more specifically, metaphorical.
@wizikitheguru the fiddler is the symbol of traditions. He appears at the end and leaves the village with Tevye as a symbol of Jewish traditions that are moving with Jews, no matter where they go. The fiddler also appeared at the beginning, then when Tevye made the agreement with Lazar Wolf about the wedding and again during the ceremony. In dance scene with Chava it represents the decision Chava made to marry a Christian - and forget about Jewish traditions.
Oh fuck...Tevye and his wife and two youngest are going to America. Hodel and Perchick are going to join them, right? And Chava and Fyedka are going to POLAND?!?!?!?! Don't go!!!! In a few years you'll be exterminated!!! T_T
@lavenderblossom Hodel and Perchick won't we any safer in the Soviet Union, for when Stalin seized supreme power in Moscow, his antisemitic pogroms were part of a larger "purge" of priests, students, scientists, engineers, businessmen. Virtually every thinking element in Russian society prior to the revolution. There were the Gulags for all of these expatriots labeled as politcal dissidents. Most died sentenced to forced labor in Siberia. Hodel and Perchick should have gone to America too.
But it says that Hodel and Perchick would eventually joing the family in America. So...Even though Jews were treated badly (actually, immigrants were treated badly) in America...
@lavenderblossom Yeah, but Tevye says to Golde that when Perchick gets out of prison in Siberia, he and Hodel would visit for Passover, indicating that he might return to Russia to continue his work for the revolution, which in and of itself would lead to their own undoing because once the Bolsheviks seized power after the October Revolution in 1917, the party politics of communism dictated that only an atheist could join the party. I don't think that Perchick would abandon his Jewish faith.
@ameaglejazzdude They still would of been killed OFF, even if Chava would not of been considered Jewish simply because she and her husband (as well as what ever children they would of had) would of have been seen as SLAVIC WHICH WHERE IN THE SAME GROUP AS Hebrews (JEWISH) Gypsies (Romanise) Homosexuals (be they female or male) Political Undesirables (Communists Liberals or ANY other against the GERMAN STATE). Either way they made a bad move by still staying in EUROPE...SAD BUT TRUE.
@bloodcell9 Bad move? How the hell were they to know that a heinous dictator was going to rise up and kill 6 million Jews? That's not fair. Nobody saw that coming (except perhaps Kafka, but even then, that was in the 20's). It wasn't a bad move at the time. Hitler wasn't even a blip on people's radar. Staying in Europe after Hitler rose to power (which many Jews unfortunately did) would be a bad move, yes, but then? They had no way of knowing.
@redskinsgurl922 OF CAUSE they had no way of seeing what would happen in such times..for fucks sake life is life. all I gave was a statement of a person living after such times HAVE happen, WHAT'S YOUR BEEF! For after all if one happens to live after the encounter of an event, one can then say well if this what that way or this that way then then such out come would fold itself that such way..THAT'S CALLED HINDSIGHT, WHICH HAPPENS AFTER SUCH EVENTS OCCUR. So living NOW it was a BAD MOVE.
Thank you for taking the time to post this movie. I needed it for a highschool course in Economics. It was an assignment about living in a traditional society - pro vs. con. Beyond that this was very interesting and informative. Thank you!!!
@wazzup2102 Chava said that she and Fyetka were moving to Krakow, Poland. That also saddened me, for although they might be safe and happy in Poland, we, the audience, know that in the coming decades, the tumultuous events that are to take place in Poland and Europe will lead to their undoing and that of their children.
But wait...Fyedka is Catholic (Orthodox) and Chava I suppose is now Catholic of sorts too. So...The Nazis were mainly after Jewsand most Catholics were okay, so they should be okay right? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
@lavenderblossom Yes, Fyetka was Russian Orthodox, but Chava, by her lineage and her very name, is still Jewish. The Germans were ruthlessly efficient in the categorization of degradation. Not only Jews, but those of Jewish extraction, many of whom converted to Christianity generations earlier, were not spared. There were black lists for "deportation" Hitler had no respect for any religion, which had but one squalid, callous, calculated denoucement. If only they went to America with her parents.
@MusikAndLuv Yes you're right. But in the case of Judiasm, it is both a race and a religion. Many people who have classically "Hebraic" features are not practicing Jews at all and are, in fact, Christian or even Muslim. Then there are those who practice Judaism without it ever being a family tradition. I'm fairly certain, however, than Hitler didn't much respect Russian Orthodox or even German Lutherans for the very reason that he thought that he was God incarnate. Hitler didn't like anybody.
@ice22marble Being Jewish is not a race, unless you coin it a "Human Race" or, "race of humans". I mean, what race do you know of that includes people of Chinese, Indian, African, Middle Eastern, Spanish, (et cetera), decent? There are Chinese Jews, Indian Jews, African Jews, Middle Eastern Jews, Jews from Spain... get what I'm sayin? :-)
@djnovajade But of course you're absolutely right. When the Nazi's were orchestrating the holocaust and engineering a master race, they had meticulously cataloged precise measurments of facial features to determine who was "pure and undefiled." How ironic that the Nazis thought that the Tibetans were the predessors of the Aryan race. Did a race of pure bloned haired, blue eyed supermen ever exist? Of course not. Hitler would have killed every myriad of Jewish lineage regardless of pedigree.
@bibbleboo14 The fiddler is a symbol of the hardships the jews face. Their troubles. That's why in the Chava ballet it shows her looking to the fiddler and choosing Fyetka as in choosing him over the hardships of being a jew. Also the fiddler follows them in the end, as in no matter where they go, their troubles will follow them.
Why Tevye couldn't accept Chava's husband? Well, it is possible for a Gentile to mary a Jew but only if he is circumcised. That's innitial Covenant of God with the Patriarch Abraham.
Such a very sad, and happy movie. This is one of the best plays i have ever seen. To be pushed out of your home, to be punished for a crime you didn't commit, its saddening. To see a lively town, empty of people and void of life. Very sad. I found it odd that that lady at 7:26 was still in her bed. That fiddler comes at the oddest times. But it really brightens your day :D
....Wow. I was hoping for a happier ending...That was just despressing. Cept for the part where Lazar Wolf and Tevye say they'll be neighbors while one is in Chicago, and the other in New York, haha. And when the fiddler starts playing and Tevye just looks at him, and does the "Yeah...alright. Come along." thing lol
how did they make arrangements with their uncle in 3 days? its not like they had a phone. are they just gonna show up in new york & be like "hey, we got kicked out" ? this is so depressing. :( why does everyone have to s*** on the jews?
@LMA629 in the scorebook for this film tevye says "we are staying at our uncles house though he doesnt know it yet" so yeah they basically just turn up
deserted!!!!
harryleid 3 days ago
where r they going?
IamIzzyF 4 days ago
Don't forget the baby
Is that something she needs to be reminded?
Was there lots of babies getting left behind by accident?
HelpfulFriend 1 week ago
3:53-4:11 cracked me up :D
madii12439 1 week ago
Goddamn that note at the end scared me.
Appaloosaism 3 weeks ago
Chava got the hottest guy.
Carliew2012 1 month ago 3
I'm playing "Tzeitel" in my high school production and my good friend is playing Chava so this will be an interesting scene for us.
ohitsdaniella 1 month ago
man this movie is LONG!!!!!! i love it!
fusionfrank117 1 month ago
"tzeitel don't forget the baby!"
snakedemon11 1 month ago 4
tzietel don't forget the baby
thegirliegirl13 1 month ago 8
@thegirliegirl13 haha, yeh, i was laughing at that too! because the baby is the thing you're most likely to forget!!!
spiderpunk100 1 month ago
Good movie but sad ending... Like west side story, and in both movies it's sad because of racism
Sartye 2 months ago
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Topol, your such a great actor - a damn good actor!!! -, why the hell don't you play in movies as good as you? Make some other wonderful characters like Tevye come to life! Please don't waste you time!
Love,
Ilinca and Alexandra.
shakespeareize 2 months ago
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shakespeareize 2 months ago
so whos the one with the violin? please help
MrSk8shady 2 months ago
@MrSk8shady he is the fiddler who makes a few appearances throughout the movie. he is first shown as the fiddler on the roof at the very beginning when tevya is talking about tradition and compares their traditions to that of the fiddler's balance
Temari0Is0Cool 2 months ago
@MrSk8shady The violinist represents the Jewish Faith
thePauLau 1 month ago
You're the man, Topol!!!
Alstheman37 2 months ago
Chava's husband fine as FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Smili3ful 2 months ago 3
@Smili3ful OMG and smooth as hell too. Smooth talking hottie. I'd be just like her in that situation. stunned to silence and completely enthralled.
allisonforfornsed 1 month ago
man i know that these characters r traditional, but they're in for a HUGE cultural awakening if they're going from russia to america!!
stephsteph323 2 months ago
You know what's the worst part? All of that was legal. What Hitler did was legal, what Stalin did was legal, they couldn't go against the law because they were the law. So doing what they did to that little Jewish town was 'ok' in their minds.
It's sickening.
princessofredheads 2 months ago
"Zaitel, don't forget the baby"... this is the epic!!!
yaelhappy 2 months ago
I was crying at the end tyve never forgives Chava :( is soo sad!!!
ilikewaffels101 2 months ago
@ilikewaffels101 i thought him saying god bless you was the first step in reconciliation. forgiveness doesn't always come easily to people. for tevya, his religion is everything. it is who he is. He felt Chava stabbed him in the back when she left the faith. its sad, but understandable. so glad people are still watching this movie!
dchris1990 1 week ago
this is soooooo sad what a terrible ending :(
brylynne27 3 months ago
3:52-4:11 is my favorite part of this whole movie!
koolytina 3 months ago
Tzeitel don't forget the baby! Hahah I love reb Tevye!
Eponina7 3 months ago
Tradition follows wherever they go,or what?
thermopylae85 3 months ago
@thermopylae85 Yes, I think. Remember, it doesn't matter if the world changes, some things never change for them.
Eponina7 3 months ago
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A very Good movie , but the sad part is if your observe what is happening in today world the stage is been set for another world war with conspires theories of Jews controlling the world is very popular Europe and Islamic fundamentalist who believe that in order for their messiah to come the should fight the Jews , its time the Evangelical Christians wake up and support the Jews we cannot afford to have another holocaust
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jacoby841 4 months ago
wow hes like a gorilla pounding his chest like that ... but seriousely what a sad ending i have never seen this movie till now and i have loved every second of it
shdchick13 4 months ago
i don't like it!!!!!!!! I love it... :)
Yeshuaismyshepher 4 months ago
So wonderful and so sad.
Binoctim 4 months ago
"Tzeitel, don't forget the baby!"
That line always cracks me up! XD
SummerSunshine1988 4 months ago 2
Well, the movie is great. I loved it. Thanks for upload. It's amazing how Jews are dedicated to their religion; even in situations like this they are still pray to God, and keep Sabbath. Anyways, good movie
speakingofdevil 5 months ago
THAT'S IT?!
oiat 5 months ago
The constable actually liked them.... He was forced to make that hand.... I pity him.... Left alone
mark347347 5 months ago
I wish Tevye and the Constable had a real farewell moment, like Tevye and Lazar Wolf.
SusanBaudelaire 5 months ago
That Fyedka is smoking...
AGR04 6 months ago
Creepy stalker playing the fiddle.
AlienPossum 6 months ago
Really? "Don't forget the baby?" Like she would actually forget her own child?
AlienPossum 6 months ago
1:17 had to be the most tense 2 seconds for them.
AlienPossum 6 months ago
my new favorite movie. thank u 4 uploading this. This was my first time watching it and i couldn't have love it more :))
princess16779 6 months ago
the fiddler's a creeper
newwebuser 6 months ago
It's a musical turned into film guys....
Aethialo 6 months ago in playlist Fiddler on the Roof
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I just love this movie but the end is sooo sad
darkknight28101 6 months ago
what a brilliant film? why can't they make these anymore?
bevanne12 6 months ago
so sad.
marhaza1 7 months ago
chava's vioce is so manly
MsLeaMichele1 7 months ago
06:27 : I wonder how the constable feels, standing alone in a village that used to be inhabited by people he knew, by friends ...
Briselance 7 months ago
Moving to Krakow ? While it's 1900, 1905 or so ? Hmm ... not a good choice, Fyedka and Chava. Get the hell out to Switzerland or America : that's better.
A shame this scene shows up after the happy drinking scene and dancing contest at the tavern between the christians and the jews. :-(
Briselance 7 months ago 2
In my opinion the greatest movie of al time. Regardless of one's religion/faith (maybe you don't have one) the message is crystal clear. Treat others as you'd want to be treated by them. Sadly the Jewish people and many other ethnic minorities aren't - still!
whitedemonskill 8 months ago 5
awsome movie the end was like omg i just got hit by a car
lisa59345 8 months ago
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I can see this movie over and over and over and over again!! May the Lord richly bless Israel!! (Numbers 6:24-26)
EmmaGil1 8 months ago
That waz not a very happy endin :( but great movie
yosandband 9 months ago
Wow... I haven't watched this movie in years, and it's still as powerful as it was years ago! Great movie!!!!!! :D Oh and for those who say "screw the ending"... I believe that the ending is ambiguous... Via you make your own conclusion when they get to America... Just saying :/
smokescrean23 9 months ago
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krakow that's where i'm from lolz
ankakarbo 9 months ago
She was about to leave the baby??!!
katjun314 9 months ago
"some are driven away by edicts, others by silence"
fyedka's quite wise for his age
UchihaKahvi 9 months ago 13
@UchihaKahvi the actor playing him is 45, kinda funny.
waitingformypopcorn 5 months ago
@waitingformypopcorn he does SO not look like 45...
UchihaKahvi 5 months ago
@UchihaKahvi I know. I want to know what the hell he eats.
waitingformypopcorn 5 months ago
@waitingformypopcorn o__O why that?
UchihaKahvi 5 months ago
God such a sad ending ! i'm crying ! great movie tho ^^
blaszizzz 10 months ago
That was a crappy ending >.<
songbird2332 10 months ago
I think the fiddler in the movie stands for tradition
123prome 10 months ago 4
@thykothak it's pronounced "Hava" though it's spelled "Chava". You don't say it "CHava" , you just leave out the C
AfterlifeAuthor3 11 months ago
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my father showed me this movie when i was a little child, and i liked it then, but most of it was far over my head. now as an adult i watch it again, unsure if i would like it, and i didn't - i loved it!
shnglbot 11 months ago
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my father showed me this movie when i was a little child, and i liked it then, but most of it was far over my head. now as an adult i watch it again, unsure if i would like it, and i didn't - i loved it!
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shnglbot 11 months ago
the fiddler comes when he is sad or distressed, it helps him move on and find hope
vanillabutterfly100 11 months ago 4
For those who keep asking... the fiddler is a metaphor for the lives of the Jews of Anatevka... Tevya says it himself at the beginning: "In a way we are all like fiddlers on the roof: trying to scratch out a simple, pleasant tune, without breaking our necks." The fiddler himself isn't tradition... tradition is like the fiddler's balance, keeping the villagers from "breaking their necks"
superbailita 1 year ago 35
@superbailita
*similie
lobospirit3500 5 months ago
@superbailita Also when the main character signals the fiddler to go with him it means that Tveare will still keep some of his tradition
TheStolenBike 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from yursparky1
7:08 They could of parted that water, why did they take the bridge?
TheScottChapman 1 year ago 3
Is the Fiddler a real person, or a symbol?
utterlyviolet 1 year ago
@utterlyviolet he is both
painokitos 1 year ago
They just HAD TO force them out in the middle of the freaking winter, didn't they...
S10THh 1 year ago 3
Sexy Jewish girls!
albandian 1 year ago
02:55 "Come Hava" He can't pronounce his wives name! It's Chava, not Hava.
Still, hell of a movie!
thykothak 1 year ago 2
@thykothak they've all been calling her "Hava" haven't they? o.o her sister says "hava" in 0:50
beatlegirl99 1 year ago
02:55 come Hava. He can't pronounce his wives name! What?
Still, hell of a movie!
thykothak 1 year ago
@thykothak Maybe it's his nickname for her.
Charlenejl 1 year ago
I love how the older sister is the only one to run up to Chava, no matter what her religion told her to do. Yay sisterly bonds!!
202udazzleme 1 year ago 7
The Fiddler is their human iPod. :)
abbiesaurusrex 1 year ago 16
4:08 haha and she rab like she actually did 4get!!!
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Charlenejl 1 year ago
"We are leaving too, we are going to Krakow." "We cannot stay among people who would do such things." So if their children and grandchildren are lucky enough, they'll wind up on Schindler's famous list. If not, it's the gas chamber for them. Oy vey.
BTW, in case you wonder, I do not have the honor of being Jewish, as Charlie Chaplin put it.
PetroniusArbiter2 1 year ago
is it me or will tevye talk to anything that will listen-audience, animals people inatimate objects
080197040 1 year ago
******** Hitler for causing all this
mark347347 1 year ago
@mark347347 I think you've gotten your timeline mixed up. Fiddler is set in 1905, before the first World War. Hitler was about 30 years later. Tsarist Russia was anti-semitic because they were considered a threat to the Empire. Though, they ended up falling anyways.
One way to tell that this is much earlier than WWII is the fact that Perchick is working against the gov't. The Russian Civil war (Bolshevik Revolution) happened in 1917, this takes place prior to that.
SilverCloudStrife 1 year ago 4
I prefer lighter musicals. It's a good movie tho. My Hebrew teacher loves Jewish culture, and it seem everyone who thinks this movie rocks is a Judophile (likes Judaism). I sadly don't share his taste. Things I got from this movie: I put myself in Tzeitel's shoes when she was gonna be forced to marry and I thought that is an evil tradition, just like sathi is. Also, can faith really make you forget the love for your family? Raise your kids, but remember they get the final word. Don't hate them.
ameaglejazzdude 1 year ago
Nice how they were all forced to move in the dead of winter.
jimmyhd1969 1 year ago
What a book, film, theatrical production!!!!! Thank-you for the reminder of just how much I have always loved Fiddler On The Roof. The most important line written: 'this much I cannot bend, if I do I will break'. Our everlasting covenant with G-d has never changed, and will never change. We are Jews. We will not be replaced. His laws, His commandments are eternal and will not change, we are His people, and He is our G-d.
tzinanechumah 1 year ago
@tzinanechumah I agree
123prome 10 months ago
If he thought the older girls were really pushing his buttons with tradition, good luck to him raising the other two in North America with it's influences and different cultures O.O
Thorn14 1 year ago 6
Oh. Words simply cannot explain what I am feeling. It is... Heartbreaking. Devastating. Bitter-sweet. And to have to disown your own daughter in order to keep a religious custom... I understand why he does it, but it is still quite sad. Oh how I thank the Lord that I have a warm house and food on my plate and a family that loves and cares for me. Blessed are the brave who suffer.
honeybears99 1 year ago 4
Oh my gosh. That "The End" hit me like a train. Thanks for the uploads. I watched the whole thing. Excellent film!
jamesz5000 1 year ago 42
Is is kinda understandable it goes completely against the Jewish religion!
90glmc 1 year ago
It is kinda understandable it goes completely against the Jewish religion!
90glmc 1 year ago
"Don't forget the baby!"
XXtraspicee123 1 year ago 3
GOLDE I DON'T NEED YOUR ADVICE!!! :)
TwilightLuvvverxxx 1 year ago
Krakow is in Poland for those of you who don't know. So yes, some of them went to Krakow.
LivingKingsDaughter 1 year ago
i hope none of them went to Germany or Poland
walifred 1 year ago
Once again the fiddler makes an appearance. Is the fiddler just imagination?
wizikitheguru 1 year ago
@wizikitheguru Yes. The fiddler is a symbol of tradition.
reflectorr88 1 year ago
@wizikitheguru I read somewhere that the fiddler reappears as a symbol of the instability of their lives. He appeared at the beginning, and then after Lazar Wolf proposed, after Tevye finds out about Hodel, and again as they're leaving Anatevka. So yeah, I think he is imaginary, or more specifically, metaphorical.
LihAniaih 1 year ago
@wizikitheguru the fiddler is the symbol of traditions. He appears at the end and leaves the village with Tevye as a symbol of Jewish traditions that are moving with Jews, no matter where they go. The fiddler also appeared at the beginning, then when Tevye made the agreement with Lazar Wolf about the wedding and again during the ceremony. In dance scene with Chava it represents the decision Chava made to marry a Christian - and forget about Jewish traditions.
ifkamalinka 1 year ago 2
thanks for uploading this film
very much enjoyed it
handm999 1 year ago
what kind of ending was that
ashly232 1 year ago
@ashly232 The fiddler represents tradition, so it meant that Tevye was bringing tradition along with him.
reflectorr88 1 year ago
@reflectorr88 oh i get it now thx :D
ashly232 1 year ago
Love the theatricality of the fiddler.
MarchingBass3YAY 1 year ago
Oh fuck...Tevye and his wife and two youngest are going to America. Hodel and Perchick are going to join them, right? And Chava and Fyedka are going to POLAND?!?!?!?! Don't go!!!! In a few years you'll be exterminated!!! T_T
lavenderblossom 1 year ago
@lavenderblossom Hodel and Perchick won't we any safer in the Soviet Union, for when Stalin seized supreme power in Moscow, his antisemitic pogroms were part of a larger "purge" of priests, students, scientists, engineers, businessmen. Virtually every thinking element in Russian society prior to the revolution. There were the Gulags for all of these expatriots labeled as politcal dissidents. Most died sentenced to forced labor in Siberia. Hodel and Perchick should have gone to America too.
ice22marble 1 year ago
@ice22marble
But it says that Hodel and Perchick would eventually joing the family in America. So...Even though Jews were treated badly (actually, immigrants were treated badly) in America...
lavenderblossom 1 year ago
@lavenderblossom Yeah, but Tevye says to Golde that when Perchick gets out of prison in Siberia, he and Hodel would visit for Passover, indicating that he might return to Russia to continue his work for the revolution, which in and of itself would lead to their own undoing because once the Bolsheviks seized power after the October Revolution in 1917, the party politics of communism dictated that only an atheist could join the party. I don't think that Perchick would abandon his Jewish faith.
ice22marble 1 year ago
@lavenderblossom Remember Perchick is Orthodox, and Chava isn't a Jew anymore, so they won't be killed.
ameaglejazzdude 1 year ago
@ameaglejazzdude
Perchick is Jewish. I think you're confusing him with Chava's husband who is Orthodox.
lavenderblossom 1 year ago
@ameaglejazzdude Unfortunatley they would still be killed. Hitler's decision was anyone with even one Jewish grandparent was still considered Jewish.
Bregmaiden 1 year ago 2
@ameaglejazzdude They still would of been killed OFF, even if Chava would not of been considered Jewish simply because she and her husband (as well as what ever children they would of had) would of have been seen as SLAVIC WHICH WHERE IN THE SAME GROUP AS Hebrews (JEWISH) Gypsies (Romanise) Homosexuals (be they female or male) Political Undesirables (Communists Liberals or ANY other against the GERMAN STATE). Either way they made a bad move by still staying in EUROPE...SAD BUT TRUE.
bloodcell9 1 year ago
@bloodcell9 Bad move? How the hell were they to know that a heinous dictator was going to rise up and kill 6 million Jews? That's not fair. Nobody saw that coming (except perhaps Kafka, but even then, that was in the 20's). It wasn't a bad move at the time. Hitler wasn't even a blip on people's radar. Staying in Europe after Hitler rose to power (which many Jews unfortunately did) would be a bad move, yes, but then? They had no way of knowing.
redskinsgurl922 1 year ago
@redskinsgurl922 OF CAUSE they had no way of seeing what would happen in such times..for fucks sake life is life. all I gave was a statement of a person living after such times HAVE happen, WHAT'S YOUR BEEF! For after all if one happens to live after the encounter of an event, one can then say well if this what that way or this that way then then such out come would fold itself that such way..THAT'S CALLED HINDSIGHT, WHICH HAPPENS AFTER SUCH EVENTS OCCUR. So living NOW it was a BAD MOVE.
bloodcell9 1 year ago
8:55 creepy fucker aint he?
Bretskelton 1 year ago
01:10 awkward!!!
Bretskelton 1 year ago
@Bretskelton ya da deedle de da la da de da dahh
Orrenaut 1 year ago
I've watched this movie over and over and STILL brings a tear to my eyes at the end. VERY WELL DONE. LOVE IT!!!
t66bone 1 year ago
I havent watched the few parts before this but why are they leaving?
jamiekennywicked09 1 year ago
Thank you for taking the time to post this movie. I needed it for a highschool course in Economics. It was an assignment about living in a traditional society - pro vs. con. Beyond that this was very interesting and informative. Thank you!!!
missjacqulynjbs1 1 year ago
Wow, this movie is REALLY powerful! For years I've wanted to see it and I'm glad I did. Best 3 hrs spent!
callixandrus 1 year ago 3
"Tzeitel, don't forget the baby..." haha thats brilliant, like she's going to forget her child. HA XD
kooliomelly 1 year ago 34
Uhhh where did Fyedka say they were gonna move to?
wazzup2102 1 year ago
@wazzup2102 Krakow, a city in Poland
lrdshrddr 1 year ago
@wazzup2102 Chava said that she and Fyetka were moving to Krakow, Poland. That also saddened me, for although they might be safe and happy in Poland, we, the audience, know that in the coming decades, the tumultuous events that are to take place in Poland and Europe will lead to their undoing and that of their children.
ice22marble 1 year ago
@ice22marble
But wait...Fyedka is Catholic (Orthodox) and Chava I suppose is now Catholic of sorts too. So...The Nazis were mainly after Jewsand most Catholics were okay, so they should be okay right? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
lavenderblossom 1 year ago
@lavenderblossom Yes, Fyetka was Russian Orthodox, but Chava, by her lineage and her very name, is still Jewish. The Germans were ruthlessly efficient in the categorization of degradation. Not only Jews, but those of Jewish extraction, many of whom converted to Christianity generations earlier, were not spared. There were black lists for "deportation" Hitler had no respect for any religion, which had but one squalid, callous, calculated denoucement. If only they went to America with her parents.
ice22marble 1 year ago
@ice22marble
Thanks a lot...Fucking Shitler.
lavenderblossom 1 year ago
@ice22marble Remember religion had nothing to do with it, it was about race.
MusikAndLuv 1 year ago
@MusikAndLuv Yes you're right. But in the case of Judiasm, it is both a race and a religion. Many people who have classically "Hebraic" features are not practicing Jews at all and are, in fact, Christian or even Muslim. Then there are those who practice Judaism without it ever being a family tradition. I'm fairly certain, however, than Hitler didn't much respect Russian Orthodox or even German Lutherans for the very reason that he thought that he was God incarnate. Hitler didn't like anybody.
ice22marble 1 year ago
@ice22marble Being Jewish is not a race, unless you coin it a "Human Race" or, "race of humans". I mean, what race do you know of that includes people of Chinese, Indian, African, Middle Eastern, Spanish, (et cetera), decent? There are Chinese Jews, Indian Jews, African Jews, Middle Eastern Jews, Jews from Spain... get what I'm sayin? :-)
djnovajade 1 year ago
@djnovajade But of course you're absolutely right. When the Nazi's were orchestrating the holocaust and engineering a master race, they had meticulously cataloged precise measurments of facial features to determine who was "pure and undefiled." How ironic that the Nazis thought that the Tibetans were the predessors of the Aryan race. Did a race of pure bloned haired, blue eyed supermen ever exist? Of course not. Hitler would have killed every myriad of Jewish lineage regardless of pedigree.
ice22marble 1 year ago
Can you blame Chavale? Fyedka was soooo cute though! God, I love this movie!!!
vikingsailorboy 1 year ago
uhm, how will they get to america?
logistilla 1 year ago
@logistilla Most likely walk to the next major city, go to the seaport, and go aboard a vessel sailing to America.
hotshotnessa 1 year ago
@logistilla - They will travel by ship..not so good accommodations of course.
courageux28 1 year ago
This reminds me of The Prince of Egypt when their all walking and have the singing going on in the background
blackmoonwolf5 1 year ago
ha i love the fiddler.
bibbleboo14 1 year ago
@bibbleboo14 The fiddler is a symbol of the hardships the jews face. Their troubles. That's why in the Chava ballet it shows her looking to the fiddler and choosing Fyetka as in choosing him over the hardships of being a jew. Also the fiddler follows them in the end, as in no matter where they go, their troubles will follow them.
ShaeAogiri 1 year ago
I love the end. The appearance of the fiddler, looking at Tevye, like saying
"Ok, it was bad chance... But.... We'll keep our traditions! Our home! What we are!"
Is a so inspiring movie, for all of us. No one more tollerant than Tevye, until he explodes... But even then, he has a so sweet heart.
Who of us doesn't want to be a rich man??? ^^
RoteZiegeDarius 1 year ago
Don't forget the baby. Good advice, given the sewing machine fiasco.
SlightlySaracstic 1 year ago 3
I can't imagine having to pretend that your daughter/sister is dead just because she married outside her faith...so hard, no doubt.
"Don't forget the baby!" Why did that make me giggle?
IWillBeHers 1 year ago
@IWillBeHers lol I laughed too cause Cytle went running into the house like she really did forget!
animefangirlxx 1 year ago
so sad, the ending always makes me cry. >.<
sukaza4meshon 1 year ago
I love this movie TuT BEAUTIFUL!!!!
beaverdctor 1 year ago 2
Why Tevye couldn't accept Chava's husband? Well, it is possible for a Gentile to mary a Jew but only if he is circumcised. That's innitial Covenant of God with the Patriarch Abraham.
promcluck 1 year ago
"...and God be with you."(Tevye)
I'm almost bursting into tears.
promcluck 1 year ago 4
I think Tevye's heart is breaking listening to Chava's Goodbye, but he remain's still, although he "bends" (but not too far).
promcluck 1 year ago 3
"We'll be staying with Uncle Abrahm. WE'LL BE STAYING WITH UNCLE ABRAHM. THE WHOLE WORLD HAS TO KNOW OUR BUSINESS!"
That has to be one of my favorite lines from this whole movie. His facial expression is just priceless...
aznpride91394 1 year ago 6
Such a very sad, and happy movie. This is one of the best plays i have ever seen. To be pushed out of your home, to be punished for a crime you didn't commit, its saddening. To see a lively town, empty of people and void of life. Very sad. I found it odd that that lady at 7:26 was still in her bed. That fiddler comes at the oddest times. But it really brightens your day :D
shadowblade145 1 year ago 4
"Tzeital, don't forget the baby!"
AForceOfHobbit 1 year ago 12
I love the random violinist standing 100 feet away from the family at the last minute!
silke131 1 year ago 2
@silke131 me too... the ending was so sad till he appeared.. that maked me smile.
But it has a deep significate..
Home is allways in our hearts..
and will be allways as long we know who we are and we came from
=)
VivianH9 1 year ago
dont forget the baby! LOL... were not coming back for him if u do
mooruka 1 year ago 6
....Wow. I was hoping for a happier ending...That was just despressing. Cept for the part where Lazar Wolf and Tevye say they'll be neighbors while one is in Chicago, and the other in New York, haha. And when the fiddler starts playing and Tevye just looks at him, and does the "Yeah...alright. Come along." thing lol
soccerstar5930 1 year ago 2
how did they make arrangements with their uncle in 3 days? its not like they had a phone. are they just gonna show up in new york & be like "hey, we got kicked out" ? this is so depressing. :( why does everyone have to s*** on the jews?
LMA629 1 year ago 3
@LMA629 in the scorebook for this film tevye says "we are staying at our uncles house though he doesnt know it yet" so yeah they basically just turn up
successfullyunique 1 year ago 2
@successfullyunique awesome. thanks :)
LMA629 1 year ago