In casting the 1971 film version of fiddler on the roof director norman jewison and his production team sought an actor other than zero mostel for the lead role.
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In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Despite the broadway success of fiddler on the roof the london production was a while in coming not opening in the west end until february 16 1967 almost 29 months after the new york premiere.
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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.
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Fiddler on the roof is by far my favorite musical and i think that this recording captures the essence of the show perfectly.
This decision was a controversial one as mostel had made the role famous in the long running broadway musical and wanted to star in the film.
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Topol however quickly faded into obscurity after the film fiddler on the roof as did the rest of the cast actually with one exception and that was michael glaser as the character perchik one of the daughter s suitors would enjoy some great television success in the kitschy mid 1970 s tv series starsky and hutch as cool.
Topol was born on september 9 1935 in tel aviv palestine as chaim topol.
Directed by norman jewison.
The movie was my first experience with the performance so i am quite biased towards this version compared to the original broadway show staring zero mostel.
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.
When the show arrived however it became a major success running 2 030 performances and becoming the ninth longest running musical in london history.
But jewison and his team felt mostel would eclipse the character with his larger than life.
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.
He is an actor known for fiddler on the roof 1971 flash gordon 1980 and for your eyes only 1981.
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