Nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Topol) and Directing (Norman Jewison), Fiddler on the Roof tells the life-affirming story of a poor Jewish milkman whose love, pride and faith help him cope with the challenges of raising a family in czarist Russia.
Topol bellows through pre-Revolution Russia with an infectious verve that leaves you with a warm glow and a tune lodged in your head long after the final frame.
Based on Sholom Aleichem’s tales of Tevye, the Milkman, living in a Jewish village in Czarist Russia. Sensitively directed by Norman Jewison and featuring a lively per... more >
Based on Sholom Aleichem’s tales of Tevye, the Milkman, living in a Jewish village in Czarist Russia. Sensitively directed by Norman Jewison and featuring a lively performance form Topol as Tevye. The music is a satisfying mixture of Broadway and Jewish sounds, and offers such delights as ‘Tradition’, ‘Sunrise, Sunset’, and the unstoppable ‘If I Were A Rich Man’. < less
