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.
Original recording of fiddler on the roof in hebrew.
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.
The original broadway cast zero mostel and maria karnilova the original london cast topol and miriam karlin the film topol and norma crane and the newer arrivals broadway 2006 alfred molina and randy graff and london 2007 henry goodman and beverley.
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.
Originally released as a double lp set and now on one cd the gold selling soundtrack album for the screen adaptation of the long running broadway musical fiddler on the roof which became the top grossing film of 1971 stretched out jerry bock and sheldon harnick s song score with musical adaptations by conductor john williams who used a giant orchestra and chorus that sounded like it was far bigger than the population of the little village of anatevka.
Check out fiddler on the roof the original london cast recording by original london cast of fiddler on the roof on amazon music.
Lso 1093 26 21147 germany.
Now realistically on cd there are five.