Fiddler on the roof [videorecording] /
director, Norman Jewison; producer, Norman Jewison; writer, Joseph Stein.
- MGM Home Entertainment, 2014.
- 1 videodisc (172 min.) : col.
- 025200
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles (Duthc, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Turkish, Hungarian), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary (Norman Jewison and Chaim Topol). Made in 1971. Based on Joseph Stein's musical and the stories of Sholem Aleichem. Credits: music, Jerry Bock; cinematographer, Oswald Morris. DVDN.
Contents: Tradition / Chaim Topol - Matchmaker, matchmaker / Rosalind Harris/Marsh/Small - If I were a rich man / Chaim Topol - Sabbath prayer / Chaim Topol/Norma Crane - To life / Chaim Topol/Paul Mann - Miracle of miracles / Leonard Frey - Tevye's dream / Chaim Topol/Crane/Collier/Madoc - Sunrise, sunset / Chaim Topol/Crane/Glaser/Marsh - Wedding celebration / Villagers/dance by men - Do you love me? / Chaim Topol/Norma Crane - Far from the home I love / Michele Marsh - Chavaleh / Chaim Topol - Chava ballet / Neva Small/Harris/Marsh - Anatevka / Chaim Topol/Crane/Mann/Picon.
Cast: Chaim Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Paul Michael Glaser, Elaine Edwards, Raymond Lovelock.
Screen version of the popular Broadway musical. In pre-Revolutionary Ukraine, Jewish fiddler Tevye (Topol) plans to marry off his three daughters. However, none of the girls chooses what their father considers to be a suitable partner. Meanwhile, the Russian Czar and Cossacks begin a campaign of intimidation against Tevye's village. Songs include 'If I Were a Rich Man' and 'Sunrise, Sunset'.