Fiddler on the Roof (Two Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (original 1971; edition 2015)

by Topol (Actor), Norma Crane (Actor), Leonard Frey (Actor), Molly Picon (Actor), Paul Mann (Actor) — 50 more, Michael Gläser (Actor), Paul Michael Glaser (Actor), Jacob Kalich (Actor), George Little (Actor), Candy Bonstein (Actor), Alfie Scopp (Actor), Alfred Maron (Actor), Aharon Ipalé (Actor), Sarah Cohen (Actor), Sammy Bayes (Actor), Stanley Fleet (Actor), Theodore Bikel (Actor), Rosalind Harris (Actor), Michele Marsh (Actor), Neva Small (Actor), Raymond Lovelock (Actor), Elaine Edwards (Actor), Shimen Ruskin (Actor), Zvee Scooler (Actor), Louis Zorich (Actor), Howard Goorney (Actor), Barry Dennen (Actor), Vernon Dobtcheff (Actor), Ruth Madoc (Actor), Patience Collier (Actor), Tutte Lemkow (Actor), Stella Courtney (Actor), Brian Coburn (Actor), Arnold Diamond (Actor), Marika Rivera (Actor), Mark Malicz (Actor), Aharon Ipale (Actor), Roger Lloyd Pack (Actor), Vladimir Medar (Actor), Walter Cartier (Actor), Peter Johnston (Actor), Otto Diamant (Actor), Harry Ditson (Actor), Carl Jaffe (Actor), Miki Iveria (Actor), Bob Stevenson (Actor), Adam Scott (Actor), Lou Zamprogna (Actor), Albin Pahernik (Actor), Ina Claire (Actor), Ivan Baptie (Actor), Petra Siniawski (Actor), Norman Jewison (Director), Norman Jewison (Producer), Harold Prince (Producer)

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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 balanced as a fiddler on the roof.… (more)

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Member:	drjahnke
Title:	Fiddler on the Roof (Two Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
Authors:	Topol (Actor)
Other authors:	Norma Crane (Actor), Leonard Frey (Actor), Molly Picon (Actor), Paul Mann (Actor), Michael Gläser (Actor) — 49 more, Paul Michael Glaser (Actor), Jacob Kalich (Actor), George Little (Actor), Candy Bonstein (Actor), Alfie Scopp (Actor), Alfred Maron (Actor), Aharon Ipalé (Actor), Sarah Cohen (Actor), Sammy Bayes (Actor), Stanley Fleet (Actor), Theodore Bikel (Actor), Rosalind Harris (Actor), Michele Marsh (Actor), Neva Small (Actor), Raymond Lovelock (Actor), Elaine Edwards (Actor), Shimen Ruskin (Actor), Zvee Scooler (Actor), Louis Zorich (Actor), Howard Goorney (Actor), Barry Dennen (Actor), Vernon Dobtcheff (Actor), Ruth Madoc (Actor), Patience Collier (Actor), Tutte Lemkow (Actor), Stella Courtney (Actor), Brian Coburn (Actor), Arnold Diamond (Actor), Marika Rivera (Actor), Mark Malicz (Actor), Aharon Ipale (Actor), Roger Lloyd Pack (Actor), Vladimir Medar (Actor), Walter Cartier (Actor), Peter Johnston (Actor), Otto Diamant (Actor), Harry Ditson (Actor), Carl Jaffe (Actor), Miki Iveria (Actor), Bob Stevenson (Actor), Adam Scott (Actor), Lou Zamprogna (Actor), Albin Pahernik (Actor), Ina Claire (Actor), Ivan Baptie (Actor), Petra Siniawski (Actor), Norman Jewison (Director), Norman Jewison (Producer), Harold Prince (Producer)
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Fiddler on the Roof [1971 film] by Norman Jewison (Director) (1971)

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A long film, nearly three hours in all. The musical style seems old fashioned at times, yet the choreography is excellent, and the scenery gorgeous. The Russian army, eventually driving the Jews out, are shown in historical context, making this useful from a social history point of view, and overall there’s much to think about. At the end, which was almost too abrupt, I found myself wishing it could be longer.

Highly recommended.

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SueinCyprus | Dec 12, 2022 |

In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Rated G, moderate intense scenes, drinking

SITAG_Family | Dec 8, 2022 |

In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Rated G, moderate intense scenes, drinking

SITAG_Family | Aug 5, 2021 |

A man with five daughters is faced with changes in society.

Slow, and doesn't make me care about it. It's too serious to be any fun, too much a musical to be serious. I find most of the songs annoying and ineffective. And the musical numbers are pretty boring. (Although John Williams and Isaac Stern do an excellent job with the instrumental stuff.) It's not a bad movie; there's some nice enough stuff here and there. But I can think of about a million other things I'd rather do with three hours.

Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: D
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: C

Enjoyment: C

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comfypants | Nov 5, 2015 |

Musical about early 20th c. Jewish schtetl life

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Jewison, Norman	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Aleichem, Sholem	Stories	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bock, Jerry	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bock, Jerry	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Crane, Norma	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Frey, Leonard	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mann, Paul	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Morris, Oswald	Director of Photography	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Picon, Molly	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Robbins, Jerome	Choreographer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stein, Joseph	Screenwriter	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stern, Isaac	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Topol	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Fiddler on the Roof / Father's Little Dividend by Norman Jewison

MGM Classic Musicals Collection by David Swift

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Fiddler on the Roof [play] by Joseph Stein

Tevye's Daughters: Collected Stories of Sholom Aleichem by Sholom Aleichem

Fiddler on the Roof: Original 1964 Broadway Cast Recording by Jerry Bock

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Fiddler on the Roof (Piano/Vocal/Songbook) by Jerry Bock

Fiddler on the Roof: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Jerry Bock

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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 balanced as a fiddler on the roof.

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Filmed on location in Eastern Europe, this beloved musical based on Sholem Aleichem's stories was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three. Director Norman Jewison chronicles the trials of Jewish peasant Tevye the milkman (Israeli actor Topol), humble father of three strong-willed daughters and husband to oft-objecting wife, Golde (Norma Crane), in pre-revolutionary Russia. Violinist Isaac Stern provides the haunting music of the fiddler.

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