Fiddler on the roof / the Mirisch Production Company presents ; a Norman Jewison film ; produced and directed by Norman Jewison ; screenplay by Joseph Stein, adapted from his stage play.
Edition:
40th anniversary [ed.].
Publisher:
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. Based on the stage play Fiddler on the roof, adapted from Sholom Aleichem. Special features: audio commentary by director/producer Norman Jewison and actor Topol; Norman Jewison, filmmaker; Norman Jewison looks back; John Williams: creating a musical tradition; Songs of Fiddler on the roof; deleted song, 'Any day now'; Tevye's daughters; Set in reality: production design; storyboard-to-film comparison; Tevye's dream sequence (in full color with side-by-side comparison and an introduction by Norman Jewison); trailers, teasers and TV spots. Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann.
Summary:
Tevye is a poor milkman in czarist Russia, where he provides for three unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife. Faced with mounting financial strain and growing anti-Semitism, Tevye strives to maintain balance despite the precarious nature of his situation.
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