Fiddler on the Roof

The movie won 2 out of the 5 Oscar nominations it received.

The film, "Fiddler on the Roof," won for: "Best Sound"; and "Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score."

These are the characters of fiddler ...

Tevye, a dairyman

Golde, his wife

Tzeitel, his 19 year old daughter

Hodel, his 17 year old daughter

Chava, his 15 year old daughter

Shprintze, his 13 year old daughter

Bielke, his 11 year old daughter

Yente, the matchmaker

Motel, the tailor and tzeitel's husband

Perchik, the student and hodel's husband

Lazar Wolf, the butcher and tzeitel's match

Mordcha, the inkeeper

Rabbi, the spirtual leader

Mendel, the rabbi's son and hodel's crush (matchmaker)

Avram, the bookseller

Nachum, the beggar

Grandma Tzeitel, golde's deceased grandmother

Fruma-Sarah, lazar wolf's deceased first wife

Constable, the russian leader who is tevye's "friend"

Fyedka, the young russian and chava's husband

Shaindel, motel's mother

The Fiddler, the violinst who represents "tradition"

The Russian, one of fyedka's friends who makes fun of chava

Sasha, fyedka's best friend who makes fun of chava

Woman, one of the gossipy women in the town

Principal Dancers, boys (girls who sometimes dress as boys) who dance in the town's special ceremonies such as tzeitel's wedding and the to life scene

The Other Russians, fyedka's friends who go with him to the bar in to life and cross in the opening number Tradition

Ensemble, the villagers in the town (Papas, Mamas, Sons, and Daughters)

Tevye- lead- a poor milk man

Golde- his wife

Hodel, Tzitle, Chava, Sprintze, Bielke- their daughters

Fyedka- Chava's mate

Percik- Hodels mate, and teacher

motle- talor- Tzitles mate

Lazar- the butchar

Yente- The Matchmaker

It's set in Russia. Referneces are made to the Czar ("may the Lord bless and keep the czar...far away fromthe rest of us"), Moscow, and Siberia.

As quoted in the first number, without their Russian Jew traditions, their lives would be as shaky as "a fiddler on the roof!"

There actually is a character who dances over the rooftops playing a fiddle, too.

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Leonard Frey played the tailor also known as Motel Kampziol

Annatevka.

Yes! She sings in the chorus a lot and has solos in matchmaker.

According to Frank Zappa it cost about 22 million Dollars.

Oy. There's a lot--Tevye's five daughters, plus his wife, the matchmaker Yente, as well as all the dead people in Tevye's "dream."

Here goes.

Tevye's wife: Golde; his oldest daughter: Tzeitel; his second oldest daughter: Hodel; his middle daughter: Chava; his two youngest daughters: Shprintze and Bielke; the matchmaker: Yente.

(dead dream people) Golde's grandmother: Tzeitel; Lazar Wolf's wife: Fruma-Sarah.

It is the story of Russian Jews.

Tradition! The first line in the play as spoken by Tevye: "A Fiddler on the roof! Sounds crazy, no? But every one of us is a Fiddler on the Roof, trying to scratch out a meager tune, without breaking his neck. It isn't easy." Imagine someone playing a fiddle while at the same time maintaining his balance, standing precariously on a roof. The fiddler on the roof represent the Jewish people desperately trying to mantain their identity and patrimony. this becomes increasingly more difficult as the new generations reject traditions that define them; Motle asking to marry Tzitle after Tevye pledges her to the Butcher, Hodel marrying the poor student Perchik and moving to Siberia, and Chava marrying Fyedka, a Christian.

Tzeitel sings several songs in "Fiddler on the Roof," including "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" with her sisters, "Far From the Home I Love" when she is torn between tradition and love, and "Anatevka" as the villagers prepare to leave their home. Each of these songs showcases Tzeitel's emotional journey and inner conflicts throughout the musical.

The title character-not a speaking part, was played by the renowned violinist Isaac Stern in the beginning of the film, this is a trick question- who played the title character? also the film(and I guess the play) got into some muddled water, the persecution of the Jews in czarist Russia, for one, hardly a comedic angle. The Jewish angle was wound into the film like wire on an armature- two traditionally taboo topics, religion and politics likewise, (one can argue the same in part with Sound Of Music, where Religion (Catholicism) and politics- Nazi in this case were components of the plot. Also both shows tended to show law enforcement personnel in a negative light. Politics and religion don"t ,mix, and this show is one of many that attempts this witches Brew. I saw S O M as a kid in Williamsport, PA and was thoroughly turned off. Imagine Daddy Cleaver recalled to a Hazardous duty tour-minimum 24 months- that"s not comedy, that"s wartime separation angst- it can work in songs like walking in the Rain,or concerto for lovers, but not on stage. it did have a cogent and non-violent in execution- Anti-War sentiment, that much was good.

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Shprintze and Bielke are the 2 youngest daughters of Tevye. Shprintze is 13 years old and Bielke is 11 years old.

The date of release of the movie, Fiddler On The Roof, was November 3, 1971

Topol famously played Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.

Beatrice Arthur as Yente the Matchmaker

Williams won his first Oscar at the 44th Academy Awards held on April 10, 1972. The ceremony honored films such as "Fiddler on the Roof that were released during the calendar year 1971.

George Stauch is an artist who did a series of signed/numbered lithographs based on "Fiddler on the Roof," at least 30 years ago. They are very colorful, loosely representational prints. Two of the prints are titled "Avram the Bookseller" and "The Wedding." I haven't been able to find out anything about his background.

the fiddler represented the Jewish culture or was the "voice" of the Jewish people for the movie by representing the "traditions" through his playing. It's something to the representation to Antonio Banderas in the movie of the Evita where he was symbolically representing the people.