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Fiddler on the Roof

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• Music
• Musical

• 1971
• Norman Jewison
• 177 mins
• U

Summary

Musical comedy drama starring Topol and Norma Crane. Tevye, a poor milkman living in the Ukrainian village of Anatevka before the revolution, is determined to find good husbands for his five daughters. He will consult the matchmaker of course, but he might have a word about it with God as well.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

This film version of one of the greatest, most heartbreaking of all Broadway shows really should have been no less than magnificent, given its source and the opportunities it presents to create movie magic. Through the tale of Tevye and his search for husbands for his five daughters, director Norman Jewison describes the tragic background to the expulsion of the Jews from the Ukraine and the dissolution of their traditions. As Tevye the garrulous milkman, Topol is memorable, and to have his performance (he played the part on the London stage) preserved on film is a major plus. The generally unfamiliar supporting cast is exceptionally well chosen, but the real gem here is the Oscar-winning soundtrack. The songs - including If I Were a Rich Man and Sunrise, Sunset - provide joyful and sublime highlights, the fiddler is Isaac Stern, and Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's wonderful score is magnificently adapted by John Williams. Another Oscar went to British cameraman Oswald Morris's loving Panavision photography, shot through burnished (actually stockinged) lenses. It's quite long-winded, but it's still a lasting memorial to a great play.

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Cast

rolenameTevyeTopol GoldeNorma CraneMotelLeonard FreyYenteMolly PiconLazar WolfPaul MannTzeitelRosalind HarrisHodelMichele MarshChavaNeva SmallPerchikPaul Michael GlaserFyedkaRaymond Lovelock

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rolenameDirectorNorman Jewison

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Theatrical distributor

Blue Dolphin

Released on

2001-06-22

Languages

English | Russian | Hebrew

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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