Fiddler On The Roof

It is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem.

Fiddler on the roof. Fiddler on the roof original musical comedy drama broadway opened in new york city sep 22 1964 and played through jul 2 1972. If i were a rich man. Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison.

It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem. It tells the story of tevye a poor jewish milkman in the tiny russian village of anatevka. Fiddler on the roof 1971 g 3h 1m classic musicals this adaptation of the musical chronicles the trials of a jewish peasant his wife and their three strong willed daughters in pre revolutionary russia. Topol norma crane leonard frey.

Fiddler on the roof 3 417 imdb 8 0 3h 1min 1971 x ray 7 in this film version of the stage musical based on the stories of sholom aleichem tevye the milkman is a jewish peasant in pre revolutionary russia trying to support his family and maintain his jewish tradition under a czar that would like to run his people out of town. This role is played by topol who played the character onstage in the london production of fiddler. There is a part of me that has always felt that fiddler on the roof downplays the difficulties of the jews in eastern europe.