This song reminds me of my ex,i'm a grown man and I cry when I hear it. I usually hate reading soppy self indulgent, over emotional comments in dedication to someone.She really was my little bird,I use to call her that,the words describe her perfectly,a truly beautiful soul.Stella,if you ever read this,you will know that this is meant for you.I'm sorry everyday for throwing you away,and I hope you find real happiness.I will love you till the day I die.
I'm using this song for an audition where our song and monologue must be split between 90 seconds. I wanted a good meaningful bass song that I don't have to take too much out of context.
LOOK, how does anyone hit the like button and wound up here in the first place???? I mean even in the realm of Theater and stage performance, go back to your grindcore death metal. By the way, thank you for the posted video, some of us do appreciate this timeless masterpiece.
Poor Chava. She must have felt a little alone after all her sisters, except for the younger ones, had matches. That is how I felt, after all my sister's got married. I understand how Chava felt, and I am afraid my father will reject the man I love, when it gets to that.
For some reason i keep imagining Sybil and Branson from Downton Abbey as a Fyedka and Chava. Her and Tevye's argument before this broke my heart the first time i saw it. Thanks for uploading!! :)
@Juliaflo Thanks! Too bad that neither one of these delightful shows was ever filmed. Apparently there was a film of "She Loves Me" planned for Julie Andrews, but never went past the announcement stage.
@buddy51 Wait, someone's thinking of remaking it?????????????? There's no way in heaven and earth that anyone could ever redo this. That's frustrating. Come up with your own ideas people, don't steal the genius of others, ruining it because you're too stupid to think of great things on your own. Not that the production people will be reading this, but really. You only remake a movie if you can make it better. With this movie, it's impossible.
@airnbobo The Fiddler on the Roof(as I see it) represents the precarious balance that the Jews in Anatevka maintained with their Jewish traditions within among those who weren't of Jewish faith. (Like the ones established in Traditions) Tevye already faced broach of tradition twice, with his first two daughters, shaking the balance of the fiddler on the roof. Chava is entirely rejecting these precarious traditions by marrying a non-Jewish man.
@airnbobo I always interpreted the fiddler as a symbol of change rather than tradition since he always seemed to appear at times when change was in the air.
@TrelliaChan I think he is a symbol of tradition. The reason he always appeared when there was change was because they were finding a balance between tradition and new ideas. How would the old traditions be carried forward into new circumstances? It was a balancing act. A marriage without a matchmaker? Sure. A marriage to a man of a different faith? That was going too far. At the end of the movie, as they left their home it was as if they gave permission for their traditions to come along.
Chava and her mother first - The bond the parents has with their child.
Chava with her sisters - The parents let their child grow up, and interact with others.
Chava and the fiddler/Fyedka - Chava and the fiddler is a young girl with her own wants against tradition. Chava and Fyedka is of course what happens in the end, and the fiddler/tradition is left standing behind in the fading sunset of childhood.
People! They are all Russian, and the reason Tevye rejects Chava is because she's marrying outside of the faith. It's just that simple. Watch the movie, it explains it very clearly.
All I know is that Tevye rejects Chava because she marries without permission AND she marries a Russian. The reason Tevye rejects her is because Russians are the enemies of the Jewish people, they torture them with language, and religious persucution. The main thing is he isn't welcoming her back because she marries someone who is of the culture who is enemies to the Jewish people.
@chgoboy69 Actually I am pretty sure they are Russian, due to a much earlier scene with the guy who gets the newspaper talking about crop information "from Ukraine".
@LaurGirl2014 . No, Perchik was Russian and a Jew. Hodel was Russian and a Jew. Chava was Russian and a Jew. The boy she married, Fyedica, was a Russian and a Christian!
@SweenyTodd98 Actually, it's not just that Fyedka is Christian, it's the fact that the Russian soldiers in Anatevka persecuted the Jews and hurt them (such as the pogrom at the wedding).
Many things we smart Chinese people do not know is following ancient time rules, doing our own family business and in our own land and united and strong, then, we will be able to expecting peace. While many leaders doing self deceive till now, thinking communism is sth good, while actually doing opposite, why bother?
Heartrending scene, my favorite in a simply wonderful movie. My only quibble with this post is that you've cut the very end, where Tevye suddenly realizes Chava is there, calling his name. Btw, I caught a fascinating "making of" short last year--might have been on TCM, but maybe not--where director Norman Jewison is seen laboring to get the movie made and battling all sorts of obstacles, including fights with the front office about money. It seems the great movies are miracles of perserverance.
This song never ceases to make me tear up. It has so much feeling contained in one short song. Throughout the show, Tevye is so torn between everything he has known throughout his life and his love for his daughters. He bends more every time, and each time he gets closer to breaking. Allowing Chava's marriage to Fyedka would have simply broken him. I love how this song captures the emotions of reluctant acceptance and hopelessness that exist throughout the entire play.
@Scuddlebutter1 His name is Isaac Stern...known as the greatest violinist of all time. I don't know if that is true...but he was very good. The staging and production of the music was by John Williams. Of Star Wars fame.
oh, i always cry in that part....."little bird little chavalah you were always just a pretty little thing, everybodys favorite child gentle and kind and affectionate what sweet little bird you were chavalah..." and when the fiddler enters... oh, its to die for
Chava and Fyedka remind me of me and my ex-boyfriend.We didn't break up with each other,he had to move,and we both hate having long-distance relationships.
@usabritcouple - and similar to someone else's comments, I feel the pain in Tevye's voice and seeing the heartbreak in his eyes at the finish. What a painfully beautiful song.
another thing that comes to my mind seeing this exceptionally beautiful part is that her sisters get carried away easily, almost like a routine (the camera mixes both her sisters' departures), but Chava leaves with reluctance initially. She seems nealy convinced by the violin Music to come back after seeing Fyedka, but after moments of hesitation she runs of with him. It's so very beautiful.
@KlaasAlexander But its a fiddler and hes an metaphor to tradition. She eather go with the christian and disobey tradition. Or go by the normal ways and marry someone along the line of their tradition
the end she lands on het feet and comes to her mind. She shortly listens to the voice of Judaism symbolised by the violin player, but she chooses to go with Fyedka and turn her back on Judaism.
I’ve wondered if Sholom Aleichem wanted to make a point about the boundaries of tradition. Could he have wanted them tob e wider than they actually were?
Her sisters are taken away with the father approving.
In the end Fyedka comes and she gets carried away (I remember he gave her “a book”, probably a New Testament), she is 'seduced' by this gentile (the dance is very not-Jewish):
It was this scene in the movie that made me realize that the "fiddler" was the traditions that Tevye is talking about! If you look closely you acn almost see the fiddler almos pleading with Chava to resist
When I was Tevye in our production, every time I sang this song afterwards, when facing Chava...the monologue would always tear me up. I had the best acting coach one could ever have. Later that week our local theater critic wrote that that scene was the most touching scene she had ever witnessed on stage....sigh. I miss community theater. If I had my health...sigh.
I think it's the "little" songs like this that make "Fiddler" so wonderful. Don't get me wrong, "To Life," "Far From the Home I Love," "If I Were A Rich Man," "Sunrise, Sunset," etc. are great songs, but I always find myself coming back to this song, "The Sabbath Prayer," "Now I Have Everything," "The Rumor," "Anatevka"; songs that weren't mean to be show stoppers, but are some of the most memorable.
It makes me sad that because she married someone out of her religion her father ended up disowning her. :( I guess I feel that his response was an over-reaction because to me love can be between anyone of any race, any religion, and any gender.
@disturbedkira What Tevye does (at least in the stage show) is talks through Golde. Chava and Fyedka show up and he refuses to talk to her. She pleads with him, but he won't speak. As they are walking away, he says something in the opposite direction ("Good Luck"?) and Golde repeats it to Chava.
@disturbedkira I think that was the point. The whole play is about Tevye and change. We feel symapthy for him. He accepts his 1st and 2nd daughter's choices. Him not being able to accept Chava's marriage showed even good people had limits.
@whiskerchild and it isn't just his feelings it is the community. He bended as much as he could for the love of his family by allowing his first two daughters to marry whom they wished. My heart breaks for Tevye in this scene.
The saddest song in the movie or theater production in my opinion. Long live Topol and all of the actors and cast who played amazing parts in this movie. Topol is still performing as Tevye by the way in live musicals. Rock on Fiddler on the Roof.
I don't cry over ANYTHING, but this one makes me cry every time. Probably because my dad looks like Tevye A LOT (and acts a lot like him, too). Even though my parents were totally okay with me marrying someone who isn't Jewish (my mom isn't Jewish either), something about the heartbreak in someone's eyes who looks just like my dad makes me sad.
hodel is the middel child. Its Tzitle, Hodel, and Chava. Chava is the red head, the youngest. Hodel is the one who sings "Far from the home I love." and kinda looks like Sharon Dorty.
@demonchild101 . Sorry, you're wrong. Hodel is the 2nd daughter, who marries Perchik the student. Chava is the 3rd daughter who breaks tradition by marrying outside of the Jewish faith. That is why the Chava sequence is so touching. Check you playbill again.
@chgoboy69 Perhaps they're confused because this particular bit isn't in the play. It was written exclusively for the film because Chava doesn't really have a song just for her in the original.
@demonchild101 ummm if her name's Hodel, why the hell is he singin "Chavele'? Chava is just a shorter version of Chavele, which is her full name. I'm so sorry about that. anyway i agree with chgoboy69, he just explained it more professional ;)
@medar93 (mini sidenote: "Chaveleh" is a variation of "Chava", like "duckling" means "little duck". Her name is Chava, but he's making it more affectionate)
This song is so beautiful. I played it for my dad knowing he'd feel the pain Tevye felt and he started crying !! especially when Chava turned and ran away with Fietkah. It was wierd I've never seen my Dad cry before.
I read a book once where one of the characters says, "The heart rules the mind & the body." I guess it depends on each individual person, but pretty much when I've ignored my heart, I've regretted it. I personally think Chava did the right thing. And I loved how,at the end of the movie, Tevye relented :-)
Desde el momento en que vi este musical quedé totalmente atrapado en su belleza ,especialmente esta secuencia llena de creatividad artística , sencibilidad musical , y un delicado montaje de imagenes .Sin duda una gran producción de esas que todos debieran ver asi como Jesucristo Super Estrella, y el Hombre de la Mancha.
I love this film! It's absolutely beautiful! This is such an emotional section of the movie, and it always bgins tears to my eyes! The look of Tevia's face at the end is enough to break anyone's heart!
I love how they have Chava choosing between the Man and the Fiddler. The fiddler represents the tradition but then she decides her love for the man is greater. ;) *sniff* Love this song.
I played Chava in my school production of Fiddler on the Roof. This ballet, and the next scene, created dizzying peaks of emotion. Made the audience cry during every show :)
(ToT)
bariikemenn 1 day ago in playlist Favorite videos
This song reminds me of my ex,i'm a grown man and I cry when I hear it. I usually hate reading soppy self indulgent, over emotional comments in dedication to someone.She really was my little bird,I use to call her that,the words describe her perfectly,a truly beautiful soul.Stella,if you ever read this,you will know that this is meant for you.I'm sorry everyday for throwing you away,and I hope you find real happiness.I will love you till the day I die.
Maximus25N 6 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
This scene and the song Sunrise, Sunset are so moving. They are both so emotional and beautiful.
tigereyes1994 1 week ago
I'm not Chava but I play the young Chava dancer, so I assume this is the piece I'm doing!! Yay!
NealonNews 1 week ago
This is one of the most beautiful scenes i've ever seen!
Just like the movie... a masterpiece!
ThiagoAzCunha 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
Very moving scene ......... an absolutely beautiful film ....... regardless of your heritage! Much love for Chaim Topol and Isaac Stern!!!!!
MegaHouly 1 month ago
I get to play Chava. I can not wait to do this sequence! It's so touching.
lauren4561001 1 month ago
I'm using this song for an audition where our song and monologue must be split between 90 seconds. I wanted a good meaningful bass song that I don't have to take too much out of context.
DavidSSabb 2 months ago
LOOK, how does anyone hit the like button and wound up here in the first place???? I mean even in the realm of Theater and stage performance, go back to your grindcore death metal. By the way, thank you for the posted video, some of us do appreciate this timeless masterpiece.
1skunkus 2 months ago
Poor Chava. She must have felt a little alone after all her sisters, except for the younger ones, had matches. That is how I felt, after all my sister's got married. I understand how Chava felt, and I am afraid my father will reject the man I love, when it gets to that.
WittyGirlsUnite 3 months ago
Poor Havla.
I hope the boy learned.
Poppys2008 3 months ago
I think the only bad thing about this film was all the fade effects they used. It's not too bad here as in other parts, but it gets really annoying.
Mike0Powell 3 months ago
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badback22 4 months ago
OH MY GOD..... ISAAC STERN IS NOW MY HERO!
rockchick7211 4 months ago
For some reason i keep imagining Sybil and Branson from Downton Abbey as a Fyedka and Chava. Her and Tevye's argument before this broke my heart the first time i saw it. Thanks for uploading!! :)
meerkatluv101 4 months ago
Perhaps the most famous musical of the Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick 'trifecta'. Pop quiz--What are the other two? Good luck.
Juliaflo 4 months ago
@Juliaflo "She Loves Me" and "Fiorello"
chgoboy69 4 months ago
@chgoboy69 Correct. Someone besides me knows the musical theater ampersands.
God speed.
Juliaflo 4 months ago
@Juliaflo Thanks! Too bad that neither one of these delightful shows was ever filmed. Apparently there was a film of "She Loves Me" planned for Julie Andrews, but never went past the announcement stage.
chgoboy69 4 months ago
@chgoboy69 Perhaps it happened for the best--Stage-to-film adaptations usually enhance or take away from the original.
Part two of the pop quiz--Who played Fiorello on Broadway? Good luck.
Juliaflo 4 months ago
@chgoboy69 By this time, stage-to-film adaptations were losing popularity, My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music, notwithstanding.
Juliaflo 4 months ago
the ending to this film is so sad... makes me feel horrible
flamesword4 4 months ago
Almost like the story of my family... and I was little Chava... *sigh* Every time I watch this with my father he becomes so sad at this part...
Waitingtillmidnight 4 months ago
my school is doing this as one of the musicals this year, i want to be chava, any tips anyone? :)
livelovebreathelife 4 months ago
The saddest part :(
SessRin1778 4 months ago
*sniffle*
GaladedridDamodred 4 months ago
this one of my favorite musicals of all time
MrJphelps5 5 months ago 3
THIS WAS THE BEST PLAY I HAVE EVERY BEEN IN
zebraslol123 5 months ago
Such a beautiful scene..why on earth would anybody be thinking of remaking this wonderful film?
buddy51 5 months ago
@buddy51 Wait, someone's thinking of remaking it?????????????? There's no way in heaven and earth that anyone could ever redo this. That's frustrating. Come up with your own ideas people, don't steal the genius of others, ruining it because you're too stupid to think of great things on your own. Not that the production people will be reading this, but really. You only remake a movie if you can make it better. With this movie, it's impossible.
JellyOtis 5 months ago 4
@JellyOtis I agree with you - in part because all of the best Tevye's in the world are dead.....
jmccracken1963 4 months ago
To Palestine.
Ochibason 5 months ago
Is the Fiddler supposed to represent Anatevka, God, or the Jewish faith?
airnbobo 6 months ago
@airnbobo The Fiddler on the Roof(as I see it) represents the precarious balance that the Jews in Anatevka maintained with their Jewish traditions within among those who weren't of Jewish faith. (Like the ones established in Traditions) Tevye already faced broach of tradition twice, with his first two daughters, shaking the balance of the fiddler on the roof. Chava is entirely rejecting these precarious traditions by marrying a non-Jewish man.
Doxygurl 6 months ago
@airnbobo I always interpreted the fiddler as a symbol of change rather than tradition since he always seemed to appear at times when change was in the air.
TrelliaChan 6 months ago
@TrelliaChan I think he is a symbol of tradition. The reason he always appeared when there was change was because they were finding a balance between tradition and new ideas. How would the old traditions be carried forward into new circumstances? It was a balancing act. A marriage without a matchmaker? Sure. A marriage to a man of a different faith? That was going too far. At the end of the movie, as they left their home it was as if they gave permission for their traditions to come along.
adampjones83 6 months ago
this is very beautiful but very sad
musicalsrawesome6 7 months ago
Chava and her mother first - The bond the parents has with their child.
Chava with her sisters - The parents let their child grow up, and interact with others.
Chava and the fiddler/Fyedka - Chava and the fiddler is a young girl with her own wants against tradition. Chava and Fyedka is of course what happens in the end, and the fiddler/tradition is left standing behind in the fading sunset of childhood.
...Or that's the way I see it lol...
I love this film.
missmuggledetector 7 months ago 26
@missmuggledetector "And Tradition is left standing behind, in the fading sunset of Childhood." Man, that's beautiful!
MakiaLink 6 months ago
@MakiaLink Thank you lol ^^
missmuggledetector 6 months ago
I just watched this on TV AND CRIED LIKE A BABY
roxannadekrakatoa 7 months ago
I love the dancing more than any other.
what JOY and optimism they portray!
cowleyjags 7 months ago
I happened to switch to a TV channel that was broadcasting this movie and this song just started. It made me wanting to see this movie really bad.
AlexNOSAM 8 months ago
Is Chava the one who marries the Communist or the Christian?
thatblondguy33 8 months ago
This gives me chills whenever I watch it.
PSATParis 8 months ago
I always pictured the fiddler in this scene as her Jewish faith and being, but Chava chooses Fyedka over the fiddler.
nomcookiimonz 8 months ago
This song and situation is the focal point of the entire movie, the focus of Tevye's whole being.
It breaks his heart, but he has to draw the line here.
"No there is no other hand"
Oh i cry every time I hear this scene.
Thank you for posting.
PTCello 9 months ago 4
People! They are all Russian, and the reason Tevye rejects Chava is because she's marrying outside of the faith. It's just that simple. Watch the movie, it explains it very clearly.
scoutramsay 9 months ago 6
GOD HEALS ALL WOUNDS..........
iao95032 9 months ago
All I know is that Tevye rejects Chava because she marries without permission AND she marries a Russian. The reason Tevye rejects her is because Russians are the enemies of the Jewish people, they torture them with language, and religious persucution. The main thing is he isn't welcoming her back because she marries someone who is of the culture who is enemies to the Jewish people.
XxMinixNinjaxX 9 months ago
泣泣泣 T-T
bariikemenn 10 months ago
They are all Ukranians. Hodel married Perchik, who was a Jew. Chava married a Christian. That is why Tevye rejected her.
chgoboy69 10 months ago 20
@chgoboy69 Actually I am pretty sure they are Russian, due to a much earlier scene with the guy who gets the newspaper talking about crop information "from Ukraine".
BioBuster4492 9 months ago
@chgoboy69 Absolutly why.She married outside the faith.Its the only reason a father could do that.It hurt him to do it.(Jewess)
Ahveddo 8 months ago
@chgoboy69 actually the are russian Russian. but no matter i am so excited we just got our casting list and i am Cava yaaaaaa
oceanlovengirl 4 months ago
@oceanlovengirl The story takes place in Ukraine, which in 1905 was part of Czarist Russia.
chgoboy69 4 months ago
@chgoboy69 No, Perchik was a Russian, that's why he rejected her.
LaurGirl2014 2 months ago
@LaurGirl2014 . No, Perchik was Russian and a Jew. Hodel was Russian and a Jew. Chava was Russian and a Jew. The boy she married, Fyedica, was a Russian and a Christian!
chgoboy69 2 months ago
So Tevye hates Chava for going with a Russian, but he lets Hodel go with the Ukranian?
Brianmaitland 10 months ago
@Brianmaitland no he hates her for going with a christian
SweenyTodd98 10 months ago
@SweenyTodd98 Actually, it's not just that Fyedka is Christian, it's the fact that the Russian soldiers in Anatevka persecuted the Jews and hurt them (such as the pogrom at the wedding).
FairviewNerdfighters 9 months ago
So sad. :(
spongebobslushpants1 10 months ago
An authentic shit
TheItalodancers 10 months ago
Many things we smart Chinese people do not know is following ancient time rules, doing our own family business and in our own land and united and strong, then, we will be able to expecting peace. While many leaders doing self deceive till now, thinking communism is sth good, while actually doing opposite, why bother?
easysimple1011 10 months ago
I love the symbolism in this scene
rushbaby91 10 months ago
I can't beleive this didn't get included on the soundtrack cd! its so beautiful as a song and dance
QueenBeatlesWings 10 months ago
@QueenBeatlesWings I have the soundtrack and it is there!
Napoleonsol 10 months ago
I saw this movie years ago and what I remember is how sad and lonely it was when the girls moved away . Yevtavye's empty nest .
AntiEverything00 11 months ago
one of my favorite movies of all time. a real heart touching story,
MissBurr1 11 months ago 2
Heartrending scene, my favorite in a simply wonderful movie. My only quibble with this post is that you've cut the very end, where Tevye suddenly realizes Chava is there, calling his name. Btw, I caught a fascinating "making of" short last year--might have been on TCM, but maybe not--where director Norman Jewison is seen laboring to get the movie made and battling all sorts of obstacles, including fights with the front office about money. It seems the great movies are miracles of perserverance.
TheCatgirl6 11 months ago
i cant see it without tears...
bariikemenn 11 months ago
This is one of my Favorite movies of all time!
u22870910 11 months ago
A very sad and gut wrenching song from the movie. Thanks for posting it.
chiefnut48 11 months ago 2
this movie was WELL MADE i enjoyed watching this with my family :)
Mickeytama9 11 months ago
I cry every time I watch her leave the fiddler and her sister's behind.
myapotter101 11 months ago
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This song never ceases to make me tear up. It has so much feeling contained in one short song. Throughout the show, Tevye is so torn between everything he has known throughout his life and his love for his daughters. He bends more every time, and each time he gets closer to breaking. Allowing Chava's marriage to Fyedka would have simply broken him. I love how this song captures the emotions of reluctant acceptance and hopelessness that exist throughout the entire play.
asongwithoutwords 11 months ago
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asongwithoutwords 11 months ago
Everything past 1:28 sends shivers down my neck as I'm watching life choices made through dance and music.
Lamporre 11 months ago
just... win.
themranonemus 1 year ago
All the times I've heard this, and it STILL gives me goosebumps.
copperandbrick 1 year ago
When ever i here this song, i think to myself "Who came up with this genius violin solo" it is so good that it makes me cry every time i here it.
Scuddlebutter1 1 year ago
@Scuddlebutter1 His name is Isaac Stern...known as the greatest violinist of all time. I don't know if that is true...but he was very good. The staging and production of the music was by John Williams. Of Star Wars fame.
dwade1962eagle 11 months ago
Wow this is the climax of the movie! Chava going against tradition and rejecting it !!
esmienunez7 1 year ago
I've thought of this movie every year of my life since I saw this with my family in the early, early 70s. Each song a prayer. What a gift this movie!
50Violetta 1 year ago
this one always makes me cry
goofy9991000 1 year ago 42
@goofy9991000 me to :(
ChuckNorrised233 1 year ago 2
@goofy9991000 ME TOOOOO !! And I don't cry easily!
DebbSaxx1 3 months ago
oh, i always cry in that part....."little bird little chavalah you were always just a pretty little thing, everybodys favorite child gentle and kind and affectionate what sweet little bird you were chavalah..." and when the fiddler enters... oh, its to die for
hannagarcez 1 year ago
I feel so sorry for Tevvey at this point! Seeing all his daughters grow up and leave. This movie is so good!
Disneyballerina 1 year ago
There is a deleted scene where Tevye puts a gun to Fvedka's head and threatens him to convert to Judaism or else!
gertzadek 1 year ago
This song brings tears to my eyes. I love this movie.
thors12345 1 year ago
This song brings tears to my eyes.
thors12345 1 year ago
It's impossible for me to watch this film, get to this moment, and not end weeping like a baby.
RayOrama 1 year ago
Chava and Fyedka remind me of me and my ex-boyfriend.We didn't break up with each other,he had to move,and we both hate having long-distance relationships.
ktriplet 1 year ago
For everyone that keeps saying Chava is the oldest. Shes NOT! Tzidle is (I know thats not how you spell it. But you get the pic)
2Rachael3 1 year ago
@2Rachael3 tzeitel
themranonemus 1 year ago
the best musical ever written
musicalyam 1 year ago
This is so touching. Having a couple daughters of my own....
usabritcouple 1 year ago
@usabritcouple - and similar to someone else's comments, I feel the pain in Tevye's voice and seeing the heartbreak in his eyes at the finish. What a painfully beautiful song.
usabritcouple 1 year ago
another thing that comes to my mind seeing this exceptionally beautiful part is that her sisters get carried away easily, almost like a routine (the camera mixes both her sisters' departures), but Chava leaves with reluctance initially. She seems nealy convinced by the violin Music to come back after seeing Fyedka, but after moments of hesitation she runs of with him. It's so very beautiful.
KlaasAlexander 1 year ago
@KlaasAlexander But its a fiddler and hes an metaphor to tradition. She eather go with the christian and disobey tradition. Or go by the normal ways and marry someone along the line of their tradition
xEpicThunderx 1 year ago
the end she lands on het feet and comes to her mind. She shortly listens to the voice of Judaism symbolised by the violin player, but she chooses to go with Fyedka and turn her back on Judaism.
I’ve wondered if Sholom Aleichem wanted to make a point about the boundaries of tradition. Could he have wanted them tob e wider than they actually were?
KlaasAlexander 1 year ago
Her sisters are taken away with the father approving.
In the end Fyedka comes and she gets carried away (I remember he gave her “a book”, probably a New Testament), she is 'seduced' by this gentile (the dance is very not-Jewish):
KlaasAlexander 1 year ago
I thought along the same lines but with a different reading:
The mother with Chava: the birth within Judaism and het upbringing
The dance with her sisters: the life within Judaism and the interaction with her sisters, but she dances a bit differently than her sisters do.
KlaasAlexander 1 year ago
Not many moves can make cry, this is one of them
mackles 1 year ago
it never ceases to make me cry :'(
mandycole100 1 year ago
This is one of my most favorite songs in the whole movie. So sad :(
hr412 1 year ago
I think the sweetest part of this is the beginning when Chava's with her mom <3
fallonhadley 1 year ago 13
awww this part was so pretty <3
Napris 1 year ago
The fiddler is a metaphor for tradition. She choses the boy over tradition.
iiTory 1 year ago
this makes me cry :,)
kabelcar1000 1 year ago
made me cry.
fmvp15 1 year ago
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I love this movie and all the songs
nellie2581 1 year ago
It was this scene in the movie that made me realize that the "fiddler" was the traditions that Tevye is talking about! If you look closely you acn almost see the fiddler almos pleading with Chava to resist
vernfl 1 year ago
The most beautiful song in Fiddler.
starchild225 1 year ago
It's so beautiful. My favorite movie.
JJfortheKing 1 year ago
oh this always makes me tear up. ;( beautiful
jonbonrox 1 year ago
When I was Tevye in our production, every time I sang this song afterwards, when facing Chava...the monologue would always tear me up. I had the best acting coach one could ever have. Later that week our local theater critic wrote that that scene was the most touching scene she had ever witnessed on stage....sigh. I miss community theater. If I had my health...sigh.
pookeebear 1 year ago
@pookeebear but you certainly have good memories which certainly can carry you.
bonbon4ever2003 1 year ago
I think it's the "little" songs like this that make "Fiddler" so wonderful. Don't get me wrong, "To Life," "Far From the Home I Love," "If I Were A Rich Man," "Sunrise, Sunset," etc. are great songs, but I always find myself coming back to this song, "The Sabbath Prayer," "Now I Have Everything," "The Rumor," "Anatevka"; songs that weren't mean to be show stoppers, but are some of the most memorable.
jaspar38 1 year ago
@jaspar38 Agreed; nice observation.
TheCatgirl6 11 months ago
It makes me sad that because she married someone out of her religion her father ended up disowning her. :( I guess I feel that his response was an over-reaction because to me love can be between anyone of any race, any religion, and any gender.
disturbedkira 1 year ago
@disturbedkira
But at the very end of the movie he relented, and let her and the rest of the family know that he still loved her. Tevye was a *wonderful* character.
copperandbrick 1 year ago 3
@copperandbrick He did? Oh thank god. I didn't know. I've never watched the whole movie before.
disturbedkira 1 year ago
@disturbedkira What Tevye does (at least in the stage show) is talks through Golde. Chava and Fyedka show up and he refuses to talk to her. She pleads with him, but he won't speak. As they are walking away, he says something in the opposite direction ("Good Luck"?) and Golde repeats it to Chava.
jaspar38 1 year ago
@jaspar38 Lol, I just learned that tonight when I saw the performance of Fiddler on the Roof. XD
disturbedkira 1 year ago
@disturbedkira I think that was the point. The whole play is about Tevye and change. We feel symapthy for him. He accepts his 1st and 2nd daughter's choices. Him not being able to accept Chava's marriage showed even good people had limits.
reilly500 1 year ago
@disturbedkira
It wasn't an over-reaction, being a Jew is all he knows. He doesn't know what the outside world holds for his daughter.
whiskerchild 11 months ago
@whiskerchild and it isn't just his feelings it is the community. He bended as much as he could for the love of his family by allowing his first two daughters to marry whom they wished. My heart breaks for Tevye in this scene.
nadiaTeeze 11 months ago 3
The saddest song in the movie or theater production in my opinion. Long live Topol and all of the actors and cast who played amazing parts in this movie. Topol is still performing as Tevye by the way in live musicals. Rock on Fiddler on the Roof.
gothywonder 1 year ago
I'm doing this show with a theatre company and everytime this comes on I'm going to start crying in the wings... : '( gotta pull myself together!
Elandra7 1 year ago
its so beautiful this scene I love the music
persianlady55 1 year ago
this song is so beautiful...
I've just got one qeistion-
why does it look like the taylor is wearing skinny jeans!?
fishieg10 1 year ago
I don't cry over ANYTHING, but this one makes me cry every time. Probably because my dad looks like Tevye A LOT (and acts a lot like him, too). Even though my parents were totally okay with me marrying someone who isn't Jewish (my mom isn't Jewish either), something about the heartbreak in someone's eyes who looks just like my dad makes me sad.
pnut7805 1 year ago
i love this song
k00k1e 1 year ago
hodel is the middel child. Its Tzitle, Hodel, and Chava. Chava is the red head, the youngest. Hodel is the one who sings "Far from the home I love." and kinda looks like Sharon Dorty.
johnydeppfan63 1 year ago
Ah, I just love this song so much. I can't get enough of it. It's so poignant.
Ekreagan 1 year ago
Every time I watch this...no matter how many time...I always cry. The character Topol played had such a traditional life...untill all of the events.
The first daughter...married, The Second... marries the guy who is in a labor camp..the third daughter...marries the christian.
I feel so heartbroken...but the music just makes me cry a waterfall. ;(
And this is why this would have to be one of my favorite movies...The Acting, Music, and plot is just so wonderful
williammoseleyfan101 1 year ago
Moving.
eroPsych 1 year ago
The pain in Topol's eyes at the end of the scene really broke my heart. I really wept for him.
gertzadek 1 year ago 2
wygonienie syna
lux538 1 year ago
It's so sad when she leaves. Poor dad. All his girls rebel against him in this movie. lol.
Terras1fan 1 year ago 2
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Her name is Hodel!!!!!!!
everyone keeps calling her other names!
I just looked in my Fiddler on the roof playbill to make sure.
Hodel!!!! not chava Hodel!!!!!
demonchild101 1 year ago
@demonchild101 . Sorry, you're wrong. Hodel is the 2nd daughter, who marries Perchik the student. Chava is the 3rd daughter who breaks tradition by marrying outside of the Jewish faith. That is why the Chava sequence is so touching. Check you playbill again.
chgoboy69 1 year ago 81
@chgoboy69 Perhaps they're confused because this particular bit isn't in the play. It was written exclusively for the film because Chava doesn't really have a song just for her in the original.
iwpoe 11 months ago
@iwpoe I just finished a week or being in this play
and this particular scene was in there...
fantathefairy 10 months ago
@fantathefairy I don't remember it in my production or in the score. Let me look it up.
Hmm. I'll be damned. It is in the original score. My memory must have failed me.
iwpoe 10 months ago
@demonchild101 ummm if her name's Hodel, why the hell is he singin "Chavele'? Chava is just a shorter version of Chavele, which is her full name. I'm so sorry about that. anyway i agree with chgoboy69, he just explained it more professional ;)
medar93 1 year ago
@medar93 (mini sidenote: "Chaveleh" is a variation of "Chava", like "duckling" means "little duck". Her name is Chava, but he's making it more affectionate)
UnfamiliarPlace 1 year ago
@demonchild101
its not hodel that is the 2nd child.
mandycole100 1 year ago
@demonchild101 lol... it says chava (chavaleh) in the song...
themranonemus 1 year ago
@demonchild101 OMG go get your eyes checked
TheKrissyjackson 9 months ago
This song is so beautiful. I played it for my dad knowing he'd feel the pain Tevye felt and he started crying !! especially when Chava turned and ran away with Fietkah. It was wierd I've never seen my Dad cry before.
Geco256 1 year ago
The first time I finaly saw Cinderella by Steven Curtis Chapman I thought about this scene! It's very simular.
mrsDEJr 1 year ago
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Lovely violinsolo by Isaac Stern. One of the most beautiful music moments I know..
KCOtutti1 1 year ago
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KCOtutti1 1 year ago
My favourite song in the entire film.
stitch99 1 year ago
the saddest bit of the whole film :( makes me cry every time.
BrotherHugo500 1 year ago 2
I very literally choke up immediately after the first measure. Utterly gorgeous.
imournhim 1 year ago
Topol will be Tevye to me forever, no one else can do i like him <3
rainbowangel58 1 year ago 2
I read a book once where one of the characters says, "The heart rules the mind & the body." I guess it depends on each individual person, but pretty much when I've ignored my heart, I've regretted it. I personally think Chava did the right thing. And I loved how,at the end of the movie, Tevye relented :-)
Cooeeoh7 1 year ago
From Chile
Desde el momento en que vi este musical quedé totalmente atrapado en su belleza ,especialmente esta secuencia llena de creatividad artística , sencibilidad musical , y un delicado montaje de imagenes .Sin duda una gran producción de esas que todos debieran ver asi como Jesucristo Super Estrella, y el Hombre de la Mancha.
entribu 1 year ago
I love this film! It's absolutely beautiful! This is such an emotional section of the movie, and it always bgins tears to my eyes! The look of Tevia's face at the end is enough to break anyone's heart!
sirusbones 1 year ago
This is my favorite part of the movie. Even if it makes me cry every time xD
demonofafterlife 1 year ago
does anyone know the name of the song? ive looked it in limewire and no luck!!
kathylenedaee 1 year ago
im pretty sure it's "Chavala"
AdiposeIndustry13 1 year ago
In the play, the entire scene is called the "Chava Sequence." I think the actual song is called "Little Bird" or "Little Bird, Little Chavaleh".
sango64725 1 year ago
@MizerableMo
I don't know, I think it might've been better if she followed her brain/intellect.
Gvf77x 1 year ago
I cried when she turned away from the fiddler.
Gvf77x 1 year ago 3
@Gvf77x
I like that part, where the Fiddler's trying so hard to keep her, but she pulls away to be with the man she loves.Sad, but romantic, too.
Cooeeoh7 1 year ago
I think she should've went to the fiddler.
She's so young to just run away with some guy
Gvf77x 1 year ago
Wish I could give it six stars.
djroars 1 year ago 7
I cry every time I listen to this song. It's just so beautiful. It shows the changes of life.
TheFCBFAN13 2 years ago 30
LOVE Topal!!!!!!!
sarahsandiego2 2 years ago
I love how they have Chava choosing between the Man and the Fiddler. The fiddler represents the tradition but then she decides her love for the man is greater. ;) *sniff* Love this song.
TurboCute3000 2 years ago 3
I played Chava in my school production of Fiddler on the Roof. This ballet, and the next scene, created dizzying peaks of emotion. Made the audience cry during every show :)
ladymercury666 2 years ago 2
This is so beautiful, thank you for uploading it. My Broadway soundtrack doesn't have it, unfortunately.
starchild225 2 years ago
B"H
So Beautiful.
Thank for add video
youarpa 2 years ago 2