A fiddler on the roof.
Fiddler on the roof tailor name.
Leonard frey originally wanted to become an artist but in college he became interested in acting.
In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Leonard frey as motel kamzoil the tailor tzeitel s eventual husband.
Michele marsh as hodel the second daughter.
Paul mann as lazar wolf the butcher tzeitel s older suitor.
That s true reb tevye but even a poor tailor is entitled to some happiness.
Fiddler on the roof is based on tevye or tevye the dairyman and his daughters a series of stories by sholem aleichem that he wrote in yiddish between 1894 and 1914 about jewish life in a village in the pale of settlement of imperial russia at the turn of the 20th century.
Nbsp as the narrator and main character of this story tevye is the father of five daughters an impoverished milkman a leader in his jewish community and husband to the headstrong golde.
With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon.
Directed by norman jewison.
He is faced with struggles to uphold the traditions of his people especially through the marriage.
Anatevka a small village in russia.
Well there was this guy on a roof and he was fiddlin and then a little boy walking past him said to his mom.
He made his stage debut in an off broadway.
Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.
Neva small as chava the third daughter.
Norma crane as golde his wife.
It is also influenced by life is with people by mark zborowski and elizabeth herzog.
You are just a poor tailor.
Paul michael glaser credited as.
Molly picon as yente the matchmaker.
1905 on the eve of the russian revolution.
Chaim topol as τevye.
How did the fiddler on the roof get its name.