Fiddler on the roof

Author

Norman Jewison

Call Number

• DVD MUSICAL (CEN, WSQ)

Edition

40th anniversary [ed.]

Languages

English, French or Spanish dialogue; optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, closed-captioned.

Performers

Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Michael Glaser, Raymond Lovelock, Elaine Edwards, Zvee Scooler, Louis Zorich, Alfie Scopp, Howard Goorney, Barry Dennen, Vernon Dobtcheff, Ruth Madoc, Tutte Lemkow.

Publication Information

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,

Physical Description

1 videodisc (181 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: G.

Summary

Tevye is a poor milkman in czarist Russia, where he provides for five unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife. Faced with mounting financial strain and growing anti-Semitism, Tevye strives--like a fiddler on a roof--to maintain balance despite the precarious nature of his situation.

Notes

Title from container.

Adapted from the stage play by Joseph Stein ; based on the stage play "Fiddler on the roof" ; adapted from Sholom Aleichem ; stories by special arrangement with Arnold Perl.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.

Special feature: audio commentary by director/producer Norman Jewison and actor Topol.