Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

“Film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia, coping with the day-to-day problems of ’shtetl’ life, his Jewish traditions, his family (wife and daughters), and state-sanctioned pogroms. “

• Director: Norman Jewison
• Release Date: 3 November 1971 (USA)
• Run Time: 181 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Family , Musical

Tagline: a tradition (re-release)

Trivia: It was only because President Tito of Yugoslavia was a huge movie fan that he allowed the film to be made in his country. His Russian counterparts were less pleased as the film is openly critical of the pogroms.

Goofs: Incorrectly regarded as goofs: A man is wearing a cross in the opening act. He is a priest; not every man in town is Jewish.

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