История Тевье, бедного молочника, пытающегося выдать замуж своих трех дочерей. Действие происходит в маленькой украинской деревушке в 1905 году.
В основе фильма — «война округа Джонсон», столкновение, произошедшее в Вайоминге в 1890 году. В округе Джонсон шериф Джеймс Эверилл пытается защитить интересы европейских иммигрантов-фермеров от посягательств богатых землевладельцев, которые нанимают Натана Чампиона, для устрашения поселенцев. Начинается вооружённый конфликт между наёмниками землевладельцев и фермерами, пытающимися построить новую жизнь на американской границе, который достигает апофеоза в жестоком сражении. И только регулярная армия сможет остановить кровопролитие.
This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a free man. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.
After hours, individuals on various magazine covers in a drugstore come to life and sing, speak, or perform. Caricature celebrity depictions include George Arliss, Eddie Cantor, Sonja Henie, Benito Mussolini, Ignacy Paderewski, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rogers, and Ed Wynn. A robbery sequence features bad guys breaking into the cash register and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the case. King Kong also makes an appearance. A Merrie Melody cartoon.
The Farmer Germund is planning a wedding between his daughter Marit and Mats, the son of a neighboring farm. Everything seems to be going according to plan until Marit meets the fiddler Jon, an illegitimate son who enchants the youth with his violin.
Документальный портрет скрипача и дирижёра Ицхака Перлмана, 16-кратного обладателя премии "Грэмми" за исполнение классической музыки. Несмотря на то, что в детстве главный герой переболел полиомиелитом и теперь вынужден играть на скрипке сидя, он входит в так называемую "израильскую мафию" лучших музыкантов мира. Знаменитый скрипач много рассказывает о своём детстве в Тель-авиве, постоянно шутит, соблюдает субботу и исполняет еврейскую народную музыку. Перлман известен инструментальными обработками народных песен на идиш в сопровождении Израильского филармонического оркестра. В фильме много хорошей музыки, еврейской истории и еврейского юмора!
Man of the people, taxi driver, Jean Carignan is above all else one of the world's greatest violinists. In his hands reels become complex, intelligent creations, played with a virtuosity worthy of Paganni, and which continue the traditions of a genre passed on orally. A genre which has retained its popularity, and whose giants include Skinner, Coleman, Allard. Jean Carignan tackles their repertoire, as well as reaping the harvest of his exploration of Irish and Scottish musical traditions, which has made of him an internationally renowned specialist in Celtic music. This film is also a love story between an impoverished child and his violin, and provide a unique window into a remarkable era.
Bardhi, an orphan boy, goes to the city to work in the house of a rich man, where he learns how to play the violin.