Tevye Fiddler On The Roof Movie Cast

Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.
Tevye fiddler on the roof movie cast. This decision was a controversial one as mostel had made the role famous in the long running broadway musical and wanted to star in the film. See the full list of fiddler on the roof cast and crew including actors directors producers and more. He has been married to galia topol since october 23 1956. With maurice schwartz miriam riselle rebecca weintraub paula lubelski.
With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon. The classic musical tells the story of a jewish family living in a pre revolutionary russian village. It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and. He is an actor known for fiddler on the roof 1971 flash gordon 1980 and for your eyes only 1981.
Directed by maurice schwartz. In casting the 1971 film version of fiddler on the roof director norman jewison and his production team sought an actor other than zero mostel for the lead role. But here in our little village of anatevka you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune without breaking his neck. Fiddler on the roof is based on the book tevye and his daughters by sholem aleichem.
They have three children. A fiddler on the roof. The original non musical film version of the book which inspired fiddler on the roof. In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.
But jewison and his team felt mostel would eclipse the character with his larger than life. Directed by norman jewison. Topol was born on september 9 1935 in tel aviv palestine as chaim topol.