In 1905 Russia Tevye the Jewish milkman talks with God about wealth, struggles with 3 of his daughters over choice of a spouse, & suffers the indignity of exile during a pogrom.
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Tevya (1939)
Based on a Yiddish story by Sholem Aleichem, this centers on the conflict between the Russian Jewish milkmn Tevya & his daughter Chave’s desire to marry a Gentile.
Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles (2019)
This is a terrific documentary about the making of Fiddler on the Roof from its origins in Yiddish theater to Broadway and Hollywood. Click the title to read my review.
Red Sparrow (2018)
A Russian ballerina forced to become a spy is charged with seducing a CIA agent to discover a mole in Russian intelligence.
Tsar (2009)
The conflict between Russia’s Ivan the Terrible & his Metropolitan Filip is similar to that between England’s King Henry VIII & Thomas More, but more bloody.
Generation War (2013)
An epic tale follows the misfortunes of 5 young Berliners involved in the Nazi invasion of Russia, from 1941 hopeful years through 1945’s disillusinionment.
Stalingrad (2013)
The huge Battle of Stalingrad is seen through the experience of five Soviet solders & a girl they protect & a Nazi captain and his Russian lover.
War and Peace (1966)
Tolstoy’s novel receives epic treatment from grand ball rooms in Moscow to bloody battlefields as we see the story of Pierre, Andrei & Natasha unfold.