Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
- Starring:
- Topol, Norma Crane, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jerome Robbins, Norman Jewison, (more)
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- G
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Fiddler on the Roof
Norman Jewison's adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical is set in the Ukranian ghetto village of Anatevka (the film was actually lensed in Yugoslavia). Israeli actor Topol repeats his London stage role as Tevye the milkman, whose equilibrium is constantly being challenged by his poverty, the prejudicial attitudes of non-Jews, and the romantic entanglements of his five daughters. Whenever the weight of the world becomes too much for him, Tevye carries on lengthy conversations with God, who does not answer but is at least more willing to listen than the milkman's remonstrative wife Golde. After arranging a marriage between his oldest daughter Tzeitel and wealthy butcher Lazar Wolf, Tevye is forced to do some quick rearranging when the girl falls in love with poor tailor Motel Kamzoil. Fancying himself more broad-minded than his gentile oppressors, Tevye cannot accept the notion that his other daughter Chava would want to marry Fyedka, a non-Jew. And after shouting the praises of "tradition," Tevye must change his tune-and his entire life-when he and his neighbors are forced out of Anatevka by the Czar's minions. Topol's co-stars include Norma Crane as Golde, Yiddish theater legend Molly Picon as Yente the matchmaker, and Leonard Frey as Motel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 179 mins
Complete Cast of Fiddler on the Roof
- Topol - Tevye
- Leonard Frey - Motel
- Paul Mann - Lazar Wolf
- Vladimir Medar - Priest
- Brian Coburn - Beri
- Patience Collier - Grandma Tzeitel
- Arnold Diamond - Moishe
- Candy Bonstein - Bielke
- Albin Pahernik - Jewish Male Dancer
- Otto Diamant - Yussel
- Peter Johnston - Russian Dancer
- Tutte Lemkow - Fiddler
- Raymond Lovelock - Fyedka
- Carl Jaffe - Isaac
- Paul Michael Glaser - Perchik
- Sammy Bayes - Russian Dancer
- Alfie Scopp - Avram
- Barry Dennen - Mendel
- Elaine Edwards - Shprintze
- Louis Zorich - Constable
- Marika Rivera - Rifka
- Norma Crane - Golde
- Molly Picon - Yente
- Rosalind Harris - Tzeitel
- Miki Iveria - Bess
- Vernon Dobtcheff - Russian Official
- Mark Malicz - Ezekial
- Shimen Ruskin - Mordcha
- Stanley Fleet - Farcel
- Roger Lloyd Pack - Sexton
- Michele Marsh - Hodel
- George Little - Hone
- Sarah Cohen - Bashe
- Howard Goorney - Nachum
- Aharon Ipalé - Shefrel
- Stella Courtney - Shandel
- Neva Small - Chava
- Ruth Madoc - Fruma Sarah
- Bob Stevenson - Bottle Dancer
- Jacob Kalich - Yankel
- Alfred Maron - Previous Rabbi
- Zvee Scooler - Rabbi
- Director(s):
- Norman Jewison, Jerome Robbins
- Writer(s):
- Joseph Stein
- Producer(s):
- Norman Jewison, Harold Prince
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- G(Excellent For Children)
- Categories:
- Music & Performing Arts
- 1971 - Golden Globe - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1971 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1971 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
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