Fiddler On The Roof Lead Actor

With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon.

Fiddler on the roof lead actor.

Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison it is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film. Yiddish fiddler on the roof is a dream come true for lead actor a new yiddish language production of the musical is currently running off broadway. Steven skybell who plays tevye and joel. This decision was a controversial one as mostel had made the role famous in the long running broadway musical and wanted to star in the film.

Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. See the full list of fiddler on the roof cast and crew including actors directors producers and more. But jewison and his team felt mostel would eclipse the character with his larger than life. During the course of the show the time honored traditions of anatevka are both embraced and challenged by tevye and his colorful community as they witness his daughters tzeitel.

Fiddler on the roof broadway fiddler on the roof original cast list original cast current cast. It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and. Directed by norman jewison. In casting the 1971 film version of fiddler on the roof director norman jewison and his production team sought an actor other than zero mostel for the lead role.

In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.