Fiddler on the roof [DVD]

Title:

Summary:

Tevye is a poor milkman in czarist Russia, where he provides for three unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife. Faced with mounting financial strain and growing anti-Semitism, Tevye strives to maintain balance despite the precarious nature of his situation.

Year Published:

2011

Series:

Decades collection 1970s

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 181 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Edition:

40th anniversary ed.

Note:

Title from container.

Distributor varies.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.

Based on the stage play Fiddler on the roof, adapted from Sholom Aleichem.

Special features: audio commentary by director/producer Norman Jewison and actor Topol; Norman Jewison, filmmaker; Norman Jewison looks back; John Williams: creating a musical tradition; Songs of Fiddler on the roof; deleted song, 'Any day now'; Tevye's daughters; Set in reality: production design; storyboard-to-film comparison; Tevye's dream sequence (in full color with side-by-side comparison and an introduction by Norman Jewison); trailers, teasers and TV spots.

Subject:

Milk trade -- Russia -- Drama.

Jewish families -- Russia -- Drama.

Fathers and daughters -- Russia -- Drama.

Sisters -- Russia -- Drama.

Tradition (Judaism) -- Drama.

Dating services -- Russia -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Russia -- Drama.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Musical films.