Fiddler on the roof / the Mirisch Production Company presents a Norman Jewison film ; produced by Norman Jewison ; screenplay by Joseph Stein ; directed by Norman Jewison.

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Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep him strong when his existence is as precariously bal...

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Uniform Title:Fiddler on the roof (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Mirisch Company
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors: Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024
Stein, Joseph
Topol, 1935-
Crane, Norma, 1928-1973
Frey, Leonard, 1938-1988
Picon, Molly
Mann, Paul, 1915-1985
Morris, Oswald, 1915-2014
Gibbs, Antony, 1925-2016
Lawrence, Robert
Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001
Bock, Jerry
Harnick, Sheldon
Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916
Williams, John, 1932-
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned.
Published: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001]
Edition:Special edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Jews > Ukraine > Social life and customs > Drama.
Judíos > Ukrania > Vida social y costumbres > Teatro.
Jews > Social life and customs.
Russia > Drama.
Russia.
Ukraine.
Sholem Aleichem, > 1859-1916 > Film adaptations.
Sholem Aleichem, > 1859-1916.
Feature films > United States.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films
Feature films.
Musical films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep him strong when his existence is as precariously balanced as a fiddler on the roof.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.
Based on the stage play by Joseph Stein, adapted from the stories of Sholem Aleichem ; music adapted and conducted by John Williams.
Special features: "Norman Jewison, filmmaker" documentary, audio commentary by Norman Jewison and Topol, never-before-available deleted song "Any day now", "Tevye's dream" in full color, stories of Sholom Aleichem and historical background read by Norman Jewison, and storyboard to film comparison.
Disc A contains feature film in widescreen format, Disc B contains special features.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF3 D0009116 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rated G.
Awards:Winner of 3 Academy Awards including Cinematography, 1971.
ISBN:0792850998
9780792850991
Credits:Photography, Oswald Morris ; editors, Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence ; soloist, Isaac Stern ; music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Cast:
Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann.