It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and.
Fiddler on the roof grandma tzeitel movie.
The movie is about a poor milkman tevye chaim topol and his.
Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905.
Directed by norman jewison.
Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.
A fiddler on the roof.
Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison 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 starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film.
Some other names of the production include tevye and his daughters and tevye and the fiddler.
But here in our little village of anatevka you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune without breaking his neck.
In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.
You may ask why do we stay up there if it s so dangerous well we stay because anatevka is our home.
Fiddler on the roof fiddler on the roof either refers to the 1960 s broadway play or the 1971 film.
With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon.
When fiddler on the roof first opened on broadway 50 years ago we all thought it was going to close after the jews had seen it said joanna merlin who originated the role of tevye the.
The production has been put into many languages and has been shown all around the world.