Tevye Fiddler On The Roof Movie Cast

The fifth broadway revival began previews on november 20 and opened on december 20 at the broadway theatrewith concept and choreography based on the original by jerome robbins.

Tevye fiddler on the roof movie cast.

The roof script is here for all you quotes and lyrics spouting fans of the movie based on the musical. The classic musical tells the story of a jewish family living in a pre revolutionary russian village. With maurice schwartz miriam riselle rebecca weintraub paula lubelski. Jewison had said that he was shooting for more realism in the film as opposed to what he saw as a kind of campy humor in the broadway production.

And his five daughters with the help of a colorful and tight knit jewish community tevye tries to fiddler on the roof synopsis at the beginning of the twentieth century jews and orthodox christians live in the. Starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon the family s lives. Zero mostel was out as tevye and israeli actor chaim topol or just topol was in based largely on jewison seeing him in the role of tevye in the london stage production of fiddler. Directed by maurice schwartz.

As tevye golde and their two youngest daughters leave the village for america folm fiddler begins to play. Cast with a good balance. Fiddler on the roof is based on the book tevye and his daughters by sholem aleichem. Cast in credits order complete awaiting verification.

The cast included zero mostel as tevye the milkman maria karnilova as his wife golde each of whom won a tony for their performances beatrice arthur as yente the matchmaker austin pendleton as motel bert convy as perchik the student revolutionary gino conforti as the fiddler and julia migenes as hodel. The original non musical film version of the book which inspired fiddler on the roof.