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Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
7.8
In pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish peasant must contend with marrying off his three daughters while antisemitic sentiment threatens his home. Director:Norman Jewison |
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Won 3 Oscars.
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Norma Crane | ... | |
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Leonard Frey | ... | |
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Molly Picon | ... | |
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Paul Mann | ... | |
| Rosalind Harris | ... | ||
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Neva Small | ... | |
| Paul Michael Glaser | ... |
Perchik
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Ray Lovelock | ... |
Fyedka
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Elaine Edwards | ... | |
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Candy Bonstein | ... | |
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Shimen Ruskin | ... | |
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Zvee Scooler | ... | |
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Louis Zorich | ... | |
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Storyline
In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Jews and Orthodox Christians live in the little village of Anatevka in the pre-revolutionary Russia of the Czars. Among the traditions of the Jewish community, the matchmaker arranges the match and the father approves it. The milkman Reb Tevye is a poor man that has been married for twenty-five years with Golde and they have five daughters. When the local matchmaker Yente arranges the match between his older daughter Tzeitel and the old widow butcher Lazar Wolf, Tevye agrees with the wedding. However Tzeitel is in love with the poor tailor Motel Kazoil and they ask permission to Tevye to get married that accepts to please his daughter. Then his second daughter Hodel (Michele Marsh) and the revolutionary student Perchik decide to marry each other and Tevye is forced to accept. When Perchik is arrested by the Czar troops and sent to Siberia, Hodel decides to leave her family and homeland and travel to Siberia to be with her beloved Perchik... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
El violinista en el tejado See more »Box Office
Budget:
$9,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$50,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints) | Stereo (35 mm mag-optical prints)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1
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Tevye: A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask 'Why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?' Well, we stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: tradition!
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credits rolling. At the end of the number, the Fiddler on the Roof,
standing on the left of the screen, launches into an extensive solo while
the opening credits roll on the right of the screen. See more »
(1964) (uncredited)
(Instrumental)
Music by Jerry Bock See more »
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Adverse weather in Croatia meant that some scenes had to be completed at Pinewood, just outside London. See more »Goofs
Continuity: During the first few shots of crowd holding candles on their way to the wedding, the sun changes positions above the horizon. (But as such indicates the length in time of the journey by foot, which could be intentional, in which case the slow melting of candles might be a goof in its own right). See more »Quotes
[first lines]Tevye: A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask 'Why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?' Well, we stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: tradition!
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Crazy Credits
Topol and the cast sing the opening number 'Tradition' without any openingcredits rolling. At the end of the number, the Fiddler on the Roof,
standing on the left of the screen, launches into an extensive solo while
the opening credits roll on the right of the screen. See more »
Connections
Referenced in "The Golden Girls: There Goes the Bride: Part 1 (#6.16)" (1991) See more »Soundtracks
"Wedding Celebration and Bottle Dance"(1964) (uncredited)
(Instrumental)
Music by Jerry Bock See more »
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