Tevye (), the philosophical village milkman, explains the customs of the Jewish people and their lives in the Russian shtetl of Anatevka in 1905, where life is as precarious as the perch of a fiddler on a roof ("Tradition").At Tevye's home, everyone is busy preparing for the Sabbath meal. WARNING: Spoilers. Shprintze Candy Bonstein. I suppose "Fiddler on the Roof" is just the movie that lovers of the stage play were waiting for -- and since Fiddler is the most popular stage musical in history, that's something, all right. Fiddler on the Roof Sep 22, 1964 Jul 02, 1972 . Full Cast & Crew: Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Cast (74) Topol. Theodore Meir Bikel (/ b ɪ ˈ k ɛ l / bih-KEL; 2 May 1924 – 21 July 2015) was an Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist.He appeared in films including The African Queen (1951); Moulin Rouge (1952); The Kidnappers (1953); The Enemy Below (1957); I Want to Live! Fiddler On the Roof. 1905, on the eve of the Russian Revolution. Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Fiddler on the Roof. Added to Watchlist. Musical Comedy Drama. Motel Molly Picon. "To Marry For Love" is a song cut from "Fiddler on the Roof" by lyricist Sheldon Harnick and composer Jerry Bock. NYC PRODUCTIONS. Music by: Jerry Bock; Book by: Joseph Stein; Lyrics by: Sheldon Harnick. In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village. 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 based on stories by Sholem Aleichem.Starring Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, and Paul Mann, the film … Perchik (as Michael Glaser) Ray Lovelock. Fyedka (as Raymond Lovelock) Elaine Edwards. 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. Apr 29, 1965 May 01, 1965 . Fiddler on the Roof is a film adaptation of a Broadway musical based on short stories from Tevye and his Daughters (1894) (or, Tevye the Milkman) by Russian Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916) (alias Solomon Rabinowitz). Chava Paul Michael Glaser. Flora, The Red Menace May 11, 1965 Jul 24, 1965 . Media. Shop. Yente Paul Mann. The Roar of the Greasepaint - … Fiddler on the Roof. The Broadway stage production of "Fiddler on the Roof" opened at the Imperial Theater in New York on September 22, 1964, and ran for 3,242 performances, setting a record for the longest-running show on Broadway, passing "Life With Father", which held the record for … Golde Leonard Frey. (5,942) IMDb 8.0 3 h 1 min 1971 X-Ray G. In this film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia trying to support his family and maintain his Jewish tradition under a Czar that would like to run his people out of town. Setting: Anatevka, a small village in Russia. Ken Murray's Hollywood May 10, 1965 May 22, 1965 . ABOUT THIS SHOW. The Glass Menagerie May 04, 1965 Oct 02, 1965 . Tevye Norma Crane. Tzeitel Michele Marsh. A Race of Hairy Men! Lazar Wolf Rosalind Harris. The original Broadway musical was based on a play written by Arnold Perl. See all 28 photos. Hodel Neva Small. (1971) G | 181 min | Drama, Family, Musical.