Fiddler on the roof / the Mirisch Production Company presents a Norman Jewison film ; music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick ; adapted for the screen by Tom Abbott ; screenplay by Joseph Stein ; produced and directed by Norman Jewison.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. Based on the stageplay Fiddler on the roof ; adapted from Sholem Aleichem stories ; by special arrangements with Arnold Perl. Fiddler on the Roof in high definition; 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, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Michael Glaser, Raymond Lovelock.
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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