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.
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Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905.
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But jewison and his team felt mostel would eclipse the character with his larger than life.
He has been married to galia topol since october 23 1956.
The movie was my first experience with the performance so i am quite biased towards this version compared to the original broadway show staring zero mostel.
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.
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Topol was born on september 9 1935 in tel aviv palestine as chaim topol.
Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.
They have three children.
When the show arrived however it became a major success running 2 030 performances and becoming the ninth longest running musical in london history.
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.
With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon.
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Despite the broadway success of fiddler on the roof the london production was a while in coming not opening in the west end until february 16 1967 almost 29 months after the new york premiere.
Directed by norman jewison.
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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 is by far my favorite musical and i think that this recording captures the essence of the show perfectly.