I think...
you're asking me to marry you.
Well...
in a theoretical sense.
Yes, I am.
I was hoping you were.
I'm very happy, Hodel.
I'm very, very happy.
- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon, Reb Tevye.
I have some bad news.
- What? - I must leave here.
- When? - Tomorrow morning.
I'm sorry to hear that.
- We'll all miss you. - But I also have some good news.
- Good. - You can congratulate me.
- Congratulations. What for? - We are engaged.
- Engaged? - Yes, Papa. We're engaged.
No, you're not.
I know. You like him, and he likes you.
But you're going away, and you're staying here.
So have a nice trip. I hope you'll be happy.
- And my answer is no! - Please, Papa. You don't understand.
I understand.
I gave permission to Motel and Tzeitel, so you feel you also have a right.
I'm sorry. I like you.
But you're going away. So go in good health.
- And my answer is still no! - You don't understand.
And you are not listening. I said no!
Reb Tevye, we're not asking for your permission.
Only for your blessing.
We are going to get married.
You are not asking for my permission?
But we would like your blessing, Papa.
I can't believe my own ears.
My blessing? For what?
For going over my head
Impossible
At least with Tzeitel and Motel
They asked me They begged me
But now, if I like it or not
You'll marry him
What do you want from me
Go on Be wed
And tear out my beard and uncover my head
Tradition
And not even asking permission
From the papa
What's happening to the tradition
One little time I pulled out a thread
And where has it led
Where has it led? To this!
A man tells me he's getting married!
He doesn't ask me. He tells me!
But first he abandons you.
He's not abandoning me!
As soon as I can, I'll send for her and marry her.
I love her.
He loves her.
Love.
It's a new style.
On the other hand...
our old ways were once new, weren't they?
On the other hand, they decided without parents...
without the matchmaker!
One the other hand...
did Adam and Eve have a matchmaker?
Yes, they did.
And it seems these two have the same matchmaker.
They're going over my head.
Unheard of. Absurd!
For this, they want to be blessed
Unthinkable
I'll lock her up in her room
I couldn't I should
But look at my daughter's eyes
She loves him
Tradition
Well, children. I've decided to give you my blessing and my permission!
Thank you, Papa!
- What else could I do? - Thank you, Papa.
What am I going to tell your mother?
Another dream?
Perhaps if you tell her...
that I'm going to visit a rich uncle!
Perchik, please! I can handle my own wife!
- Hello, Golde. - Have some soup.
I have something very important to tell you.
Have the soup.
It's warm.
- I've just met Perchik and Hodel. - Well?
Well, they seem to be very fond of each other.
So? What do you mean?
So...
So, I've decided to give them my permission to become engaged.
- I'll eat later... - What?
Just like that? Without even asking me?
Who asks you?
- I'm the father! - Who is he?
A pauper! He has absolutely nothing!
I wouldn't say that!
I hear he has a rich uncle.
A rich uncle!
Golde, he's a good man.
I like him. He's a little crazy, but I like him.
And what's more important...
Hodel likes him.
Hodel loves him.
So what can we do?
It's a new world.
Love.
Do you love me
Do I what?
Do you love me
Do I love you
Well?
With our daughters getting married and this trouble in the town
You're upset, you're worn-out Go inside, go lie down
Maybe it's indigestion.
No, Golde. I'm asking you a question.
Do you love me
- You're a fool! - I know.
But do you love me
- Do I love you - Well?
For 25 years I've washed your clothes
Cooked your meals cleaned your house
Given you children milked your cow
After 25 years why talk about love right now
The first time I met you was on our wedding day
- I was scared - I was shy
- I was nervous - So was I
But my father and my mother said we'd learn to love each other
And now I'm asking Golde
Do you love me
- I'm your wife - I know!
But do you love me
- Do I love him - Well?
For 25 years I've lived with him
Fought with him starved with him
Twenty-five years my bed is his
If that's not love, what is
Then you love me
I suppose I do
And I suppose I love you too
It doesn't change a thing
But even so
After 25 years
It's nice to
Know
Halt!
There is no authority above the will of the people.
And we are the people!
We are Russia!
The time has come, and the time is now.
We stand here before you, not one, but many.
Many, like you... students, workers...
striving for a better life.
And I urge you, fellow workers...
to band together with us.
Join our movement. In the factories!
In the schools! In the army!
The winds of freedom...
are beginning to blow all over Russia!
Halt.
Wait! Stand!
Wait, fellow workers! Don't let them break up our meeting!
We have our rights!
- So I found a girl... - Good day to you, Esther.
She didn't like her. Just a minute.
Tzeitel!
- Good day, Yente. - Tzeitel!
I happened to stop in the post office today to say hello... see what's what.
It doesn't cost anything to be friendly.
So few people are like that.
People! I tell you, if God lived on Earth...
people would break his windows.
- So you went to the post office? - The postman told me...
there was a letter for your sister Hodel.
- Thanks. I'll go get it. - I got it.
It's from her intended, Perchik.
Hodel will be so happy. She's been waiting to hear from him for...
- But it's opened. - So it happened to be opened.
You don't have to wait for the train.
You'll be late for your customers.
It's all right.
They'll just have to wait for a while.
Is he in bad trouble...
that hero of yours?
Arrested?
- Convicted? - Yes. But he did nothing wrong.
He cares nothing for himself.
Everything he does is for other people.
But if he did nothing wrong, he wouldn't be in trouble.
Oh, Papa. How can you say that?
What wrongs did Joseph do?
And Abraham? And Moses?
And they had troubles.
Yes, but...
But why won't you tell me...
where he is now, this Joseph of yours?
It is far, Papa.
Terribly far.
He is in a settlement in Siberia.
And he asks you to leave your father and mother...
and join him in that frozen wasteland...
and marry him there?
No, Papa.
He did not ask me to go.
I want to go.
I don't want him to be alone.
I want to help him in his work.
How can I hope to make you understand
Why I do
What I do
Why I must travel to a distant land
Far from the home I love
Once I was happily content to be
As I was
Where I was
Close to the people who are close to me
Here in the home I love
Who could see that a man would come
Who would change the shape of my dreams
Helpless now I stand with him
Watching
Older dreams grow dim
Oh, what a melancholy choice this is
Wanting home
Wanting him
Closing my heart to every hope but his
Leaving the home I love
There where my heart has settled long ago
I must go
Who could imagine
I'd be wandering so
Far from the home I love
Yet
There with my love
I'm home
And who, my child will there be...
to perform a marriage...
there in the wilderness?
Papa, I promise you.
We will be married under a canopy.
Yes.
No doubt, a rabbi or two...
were also arrested.
Papa!
God alone knows when we shall see each other again.
Then we will leave it in his hands.
Take care of her.
See that she dresses warm.
Even though she only burned his cooking...
he is permitted to divorce her!
- Just for supper? - That's what it says.
- I'm sorry, Rabbi... - Yes, of course.
What news of the outside world, Avram?
- It's terrible! - Then don't tell me!
If I want bad news, I'll read about Noah and the flood.
Tell me, Avram.
Surely somewhere there are good things happening?
Can't you buy a paper that prints those things?
It's not my fault! I only read it!
- Rabbi! Did you hear the news? - More bad news?
No! Good news! At Motel and Tzeitel's! A new arrival!
We just heard the good news! Mazel tov!
Thank you very much.
- It's a nice thing. - Yes, it is.
- Very nice. - Thank you.
- What is it? - It's a sewing machine!
It can work twice as fast.
You got it!
I got it!
- It's beautiful. - I know.
- Have you tried it yet? - Look!
- Beautiful! - I know!
And in less than a minute! See how close and even the stitches are?
- It's beautiful! - I know!
From now on my clothes will be perfect!
Made by machine! No more handmade clothes!
Look, Mama!
It's wonderful!
The rabbi!
Rabbi, is there a blessing for a sewing machine?
There is a blessing for everything.
That's your new arrival? What is it, a boy or a girl?
Well put.
Yankeleh!
Why isn't he asleep?
Oh, Mama. But he's wonderful!
He never cries or any...
Do you want to invite bad luck?
Well, Motel!
I never thought you'd amount to anything.
But look at you! A baby, a new sewing machine.
You're a person.
- I'll show you how it works. - Go, children!
First you put the cloth in, like this.
It's an amazing thing. You work it with your foot and your hand.
Your father is coming.
Chava, let me talk to him. Let me tell him about us.
No, Fyedka. That would be the worst thing.
- But let me try! - No!
I'll talk to him. I promise.
Good afternoon, sir.
Good afternoon.
It's a cold day, isn't it?
Well...
Good day, sir.
- Good day, Chava. - Good day.
What were you and he talking about?
Nothing. We were just talking.
Good.
Papa!
Fyedka and I... We've known each other for a long time now.
Chaveleh...
I would be much happier...
if you would remain friends from a distance.
You must not forget who you are...
and who that man is.
- He has a name, Papa. - Of course.
All creatures on Earth have a name.
Fyedka's not a creature, Papa.
- Fyedka is a man! - Who says he isn't?
It's just that he's a different kind of man.
As the Good Book says...
"Each shall seek his own kind. "
In other words, a bird may love a fish...
but where would they build a home together?
- The world is changing, Papa! - No, Chaveleh.
No.
Some things do not change for us.
Some things will never change.
We don't feel that way.
"We"?
Fyedka and I. We want to be married.
What? Are you out of your mind?
What?
Don't you understand what that means, marrying outside of the faith?
- But, Papa! - No!
I said no!
Never talk about it again.
Never mention his name again.
Never see him again.
Never.
Do you understand me?
Yes, Papa.
I understand you.
You're finally here! Let's go home. It's late.
I want to see Motel's new machine.
See it another time! It's late!
Quiet, woman, before I get angry!
Because when I'm angry, even flies don't dare to fly!
I'm very frightened of you. After we finish supper I'll faint.
I am the man in the house!
I'm the head of the family!
And I want to see Motel's new machine now!
Now let's go home!
What are you doing here? What do you want?
May I see His Honor the Priest?
- The Reverend Father? - Yes.
Why do you want to see him?
It's a family matter.
A personal matter.
- My daughter. - Yes? What about your daughter?
Please, if I could speak with the pr...
If I could speak with the Reverend Father.
Please!
Wait here.
What is it?
It's Chava.
She left home this morning...
with Fyedka.
What?
I've looked everywhere for her.
I even went to the priest.
He told me they were married.
Married?
Yes.
Well...
go home, Golde.
We have other children at home.
You have work to do. I have work to do.
- Go home. - But Chaveleh!
Chava is dead to us!
We'll forget her.
Go home.
Little bird
Little Chaveleh
I don't understand what's happening today
Everything is all a blur
All I can see is a happy child
The sweet little bird you were Chaveleh
Little bird
Little Chaveleh
You were always such a pretty little thing
Everybody's favorite child
Gentle and kind and affectionate
What a sweet little bird you were Chaveleh
Papa.
Papa, I've been looking everywhere for you.
Papa, stop!
At least listen to me.
Papa!
I beg you to accept us!
Accept them?
How can I accept them?
Can I deny everything I believe in?
On the other hand...
can I deny my own daughter?
On the other hand...
how can I turn my back on my faith?
My people?
If I try and bend that far...
I'll break.
On the other hand...
No!
There is no other hand!
No, Chava!
But, Papa!
Golde, here they are! The boys I told you about!
Wonderful boys!
From good families! Each of them a prize, a jewel!
You couldn't do better for your girls.
I don't know, Yente. My girls are still so young.
So what do they look like? Grandfathers?
True, the marriage can wait.
But meanwhile their future will be all signed and sealed!
Which one for which one?
What's the difference? Take your pick.
They're both wonderful boys!
Yankel, the fat one, is apprenticed to a carpenter.
- I'm Yankel. - Did I ask you?
- Yankel, the skinny one, is... - Mama, is Reb Tevye in the house?
He's in the barn. Is there trouble?
Stay inside, children.
What is it? What's the matter?
Tevye, have you seen the constable lately?
- No. Why? - There's some rumors in town.
We thought since you knew him so well...
maybe he told you what is true and what is not.
Rumors? What rumors?
Quiet! Talk, Avram.
Someone from Zolodin said an edict was issued in St. Petersburg that...
Welcome, Your Honor.
- What's the good news in the world? - I see that you have company.
They are my friends.
It's just as well.
What I have to say is for their ears also.
How much time do you need to sell your house and household goods?
Why should I sell my house?
Is it in anybody's way?
I came to tell you you have to leave Anatevka.
And how did I come to deserve such an honor?
Not just you. But all of you.
Stop it!
I thought you might be spared because of the marriage of your daughter.
My daughter is dead.
I understand.
At any rate, it affects all of you. You all have to leave.
But this corner of the world...
has always been our home.
Why should we leave?
I don't know why. There's trouble in the world! Troublemakers!
- Like us? - You aren't the only ones.
Your people must leave all the villages: Zolodin, Rabalevka...
The entire district must be emptied!
I have an order here!
You must sell your homes and be out in three days.
Three days! It's impossible!
The children!
And you!
You who have known us all your life...
you'd carry out this order?
I've nothing to do with it! Don't you understand?
I wish you wouldn't say "me"!
I understand.
Suppose we refuse to go?
You will be forced out!
- We will defend ourselves. - We'll stay in our homes.
- We won't move! - We'll keep our land!
- Fight! - Against our militia? Our army?
- I wouldn't advise that! - I have some advice for you.
Get off my land.
This is still my home...
my land.
Get off my land.
You have three days!
After a lifetime...
a piece of paper, and get thee out.
Let's get together with the people of Zolodin.
- Maybe they have a plan. - We should defend ourselves!
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth!
Very good. That way the whole world will be blind and toothless.
Rabbi...
we've been waiting for the Messiah all our lives.
Wouldn't this be a good time for him to come?
We'll have to wait for him someplace else.
Meanwhile, let's start packing.
Well, Anatevka hasn't exactly been the Garden of Eden.
That's true.
After all, what have we got here?
A little bit of this
A little bit of that
- A pot - A pan
- A broom - A hat
Someone should have set a match to this place years ago.
- A bench - A tree
- What's a house - Or a stove
People who pass through Anatevka don't even know they've been here.
A stick of wood
A piece of cloth
What do we leave
Nothing much
Only Anatevka
Underfed, overworked
Anatevka
Where else would Sabbath
Be so sweet
Intimate, obstinate
Where I know
Everyone I meet
Soon I'll be a stranger
In a strange, new place
Searching for
An old familiar face
From Anatevka
I belong in Anatevka
Tumbledown, workaday
Dear little village
Little town
Of
Mine
It's just a place.
Our forefathers have been forced out of many places at a moment's notice.
Maybe that's why...
we always wear our hats.
Golde, darling!
I had to see you before I left.
Because I have such news for you.
You remember I told you I didn't know where to go...
what do to with these old bones?
Now I know. You wanna hear? I'll tell you.
All my life I've dreamed of going to one place.
Guess where. You'll never guess.
Every year at Passover, what do we say?
"Next year in Jerusalem. "
"Next year in the Holy Land. "
You're going to the Holy Land!
You guessed.
Good-bye, Yente.
Be well...
and go in peace.
So good-bye. And sometime maybe we'll meet on a happier occasion.
Meanwhile we suffer. Oh, we suffer!
We suffer in silence. Right? Of course, right.
Where are you going?
You don't know where you're going?
Come, Golde. We have to leave.
Leave. It sounds so easy.
Golde, we'll all be together soon.
Motel, Tzeitel and the baby... they'll come too.
You'll see. This Motel is a person.
And Hodel and Perchik? When will we ever see them again?
Do they visit us from Siberia every Sabbath?
You know what she writes.
He sits in prison. She works.
But soon he'll be set free.
And together they'll turn the world upside-down.
She couldn't be happier.
And the other children will be with us.
Not all.
All!
Come, Golde.
I have to clean up. Sweep the floor.
I don't want to leave a dirty house!
I'm on my way.
Where are you going?
Chicago, in America.
We are going to New York, America.
We'll be neighbors.
My wife, Fruma Sarah, may she rest in peace, has a brother there.
- That's nice. - I hate him!
But...
a relative is a relative.
- Good-bye, Tevye. - Good-bye, Lazar Wolf.
Well, my old friends. It's time to say good-bye.
The farmer Busenko will be coming for you later.
He's not a bad sort.
If you are good to him, he'll be good to you.
Take care of your leg.
Thanks for everything.
- Papa will see you. - I want him to.
I want to say good-bye to him.
- He won't listen to you. - But at least he will hear.
Maybe it would be better if I told Mama.
Papa?
We came to say good-bye.
We're also leaving this place.
We're going to Krakow.
We cannot stay among people who do such things to others.
We wanted you to know that.
Some are driven away by edicts...
others, by silence.
Good-bye, Papa.
Mama.
Come, Chava.
Good-bye, Chava, Fyedka!
And God be with you.
We will write to you in America if you like.
We will be staying with Uncle Avram!
Yes, Mama!
"We'll be staying with Uncle Avram"!
The whole world has to know our business!
Stop yelling, and finish packing!
We have a long way to go!
Golde, I don't need your advice!
Tzeitel, don't forget the baby!
Good-bye, Papa.
Work hard, Motel.
And come to us soon.
I will, Papa.
I'll work hard.
All right, children.
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