Fiddler on the Roof Page #2

Synopsis: At the beginning of the twentieth century, Jews and Orthodox Christians live in the little village of Anatevka in the pre-revolutionary Russia of the Czars. Among the traditions of the Jewish community, the matchmaker arranges the match and the father approves it. The milkman Reb Tevye is a poor man that has been married for twenty-five years with Golde and they have five daughters. When the local matchmaker Yente arranges the match between his older daughter Tzeitel and the old widow butcher Lazar Wolf, Tevye agrees with the wedding. However Tzeitel is in love with the poor tailor Motel Kamzoil and they ask permission to Tevye to get married that he accepts to please his daughter. Then his second daughter Hodel (Michele Marsh) and the revolutionary student Perchik decide to marry each other and Tevye is forced to accept. When Perchik is arrested by the Czar troops and sent to Siberia, Hodel decides to leave her family and homeland and travel to Siberia to be with her beloved Perchik.
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Director(s): Norman Jewison
Production: United Artists
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
G
Year:
1971
181 min
6,628 Views


Well, I, I have to go home now,

to prepare my poor Sabbath meal.

So er... goodbye, Golde.

And it was a pleasure talking

our hearts out to each other.

Yente, you said you had news for me!

Oi, I'm losing my head.

Someday it'll fall off altogether

and a horse will kick it in the mud

and good-bye, Yente.

Of course, the news.

It's about Lazar Wolf, the butcher.

A good man. A fine man.

And I don't have to tell

you he's well off, no?

Yes.

But he's Lonely, the poor man.

After all he's been a

widower all these years.

You understand? Of course you do.

So! To make it short,

out of the whole town, he's cast his eye

on Tzeitel.

- My Tzeitel?

- No, the Tzar's Tzeitel.

Of course your Tzeitel.

Such a match for my Tzeitel.

But, but Tevye wants a learned man.

He doesn't like Lazar.

Good, so Lazar won't marry him.

He wants the daughter, not the father.

Listen. Listen to me, Golde.

You send Tevye to him. Don't

tell him what it's about.

Let Lazar discuss it himself.

He'll win him over. He's a

good man and a wealthy man.

So! Let me know how it went.

A-And you don't have to thank me, Golde.

Because aside from my fee,

which Lazar will pay anyway

it gives me satisfaction

to make people happy.

True? Of course true.

So, er good-bye, Golde,

and you're welcome.

Good-bye, Yente.

Come! Come, children. Get

changed for the Sabbath. Hurry.

Hurry with your work.

I wonder if Yente found

a husband for you.

I'm not anxious for Yente

to find me a husband.

- Not unless it's Motel the tailor.

- I didn't ask you.

Tzeitel, you're the oldest. They

have to make a match for you

before making one for me.

And then after her, one for me.

- So if Yente brings som...

- Yente, Yente, Yente!

Well, somebody has to arrange the matches.

- She might bring someone wonderful.

- Someone interesting.

- Well off.

- And important.

Matchmaker, matchmaker

make me a match.

Find me a find.

Catch me a catch.

Matchmaker, matchmaker

look through your book.

And make me a perfect match.

Matchmaker, matchmaker

I'll bring the veil.

You bring the groom.

Slender and pale.

Bring me a ring for I'm longing to be.

The envy of all I see.

For Papa, make him a scholar.

For Mama, make him rich as a king.

For me, well, I wouldn't holler.

If he were as handsome as anything.

Matchmaker, matchmaker

make me a match.

Find me a find, catch me a catch.

Night after night in

the dark I'm alone.

So find me a match

of my own.

Since when are you interested

in a match, Chava?

I thought you just had

your eye on your books.

And you have your eye on the rabbi's son.

Well, why not? We only have one rabbi

and he only has one son.

Why shouldn't I want the best?

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Joseph Stein

Joseph Stein (May 30, 1912 – October 24, 2010) was an American playwright best known for writing the books for such musicals as Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba. more…

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