Fiddler on the roof [videorecording] / the Mirisch Production Company presents a Norman Jewison film ; produced by Norman Jewison ; screenplay by Joseph Stein ; directed by Norman Jewison.
Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Based on the stage play by Joseph Stein, adapted from the stories of Sholem Aleichem ; music adapted and conducted by John Williams. Special features: "Norman Jewison, filmmaker" documentary, audio commentary by Norman Jewison and Topol, never-before-available deleted song "Any day now", "Tevye's dream" in full color, stories of Sholom Aleichem and historical background read by Norman Jewison, and storyboard to film comparison.
Summary:
Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep him strong when his existence is as precariously balanced as a fiddler on the roof.
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