Fiddler on the roof 1971 13 3h 1m 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.
Fiddler o nthe roof.
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.
There is a part of me that has always felt that fiddler on the roof downplays the difficulties of the jews in eastern europe.
Fiddler on the roof is by far my favorite musical and i think that this recording captures the essence of the show perfectly.
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.
I wondered how it would play as a strict drama rather than as a.
Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison.
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.
It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem.
Topol norma crane leonard frey.