If i were a rich man.
Fondler on the roof.
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.
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 and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film.
Tevye our protagonist is a man wedded to the centuries old.
A bird may love a fish and musical fans will love this adaptation of fiddler on the roof even if it isn t quite as transcendent as the long running stage.
Fiddler on the roof is the beloved story of milkman tevye and his five daughters who are growing up and falling in love in a time of extraordinary change.
In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.
If the music in fiddler on broadway was done with zero mostel and the cannonball adderley sextet it would never have closed this masterpiece which features cannonball on alto sax brother nat on trumpet charles lloyd on tenor sax joe zawinul on piano louis hayes on drums and sam jones on bass was recorded a month or so after the 1964 broadway premiere given a choice of the play or this cd i.
Fiddler on the roof is at its heart a very humorous and poignant examination of that age old rite of passage from generation to generation played out in the dusty russian hamlet of anatevka in 1905.
Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.
Directed by norman jewison.
Fiddler on the roof critics consensus.
With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon.