
Fiddler on the Roof
This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century Czarist Russia. Nominated for eight Academy Awards.
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: United Artists, The Mirisch Company, Cartier Productions
- Keyword: tradition, parent child relationship, dream, musical, pogrom, based on play or musical, breaking the fourth wall, milkman, russian orthodox church, judaism, tavern, constable, suitor, russian soldier, elopement, fiddler, early 1900s
- Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris