Directed by:
Norman JewisonCinematography:
Oswald MorrisCast:
Chaim Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Paul Michael Glaser, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Ray Lovelock, Aharon Ipalé, Roger Lloyd Pack (more)VOD (1)
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Sholem Aleichem's tale of Tevye the Milkman had been filmed twice previously, but it was the hit Broadway musical version that became this spectacularly heart-warming United Artists movie in 1971. As the Russian Jew touching trying to conserve his heritage against all the odds, the role became a personal triumph for Israel's Chaim Topol. Ossie Morris won an Oscar for his Panavision photography, shooting through a nylon stocking lens to achieve an authentic period look, as did music maestro John Williams for the magnificent soundtrack featuring violin genius Isaac Stern playing for the symbolic fiddler. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM))
(more)Cast
![Chaim Topol](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/402/163402742_9fa4f9.jpg)
Chaim Topol
Palestine
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Left Luggage (1998)
Follow Me! (1972)
![Norma Crane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/364/364680_bd5b0a.jpg)
Norma Crane
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Leonard Frey
USA
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The Boys in the Band (1970)
The Magic Christian (1969)
![Molly Picon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/896/160896210_91125a.jpg)
Molly Picon
USA
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The Naked City (1948)
Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
Paul Mann
Canada
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
America, America (1963)
![Paul Michael Glaser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269922_4f106b.jpg)
Paul Michael Glaser
USA
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Michele Marsh
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
My Name is Khan (2010)
Tough Guys (1986)
Neva Small
USA
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
![Ray Lovelock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/277/162277473_0814b5.jpg)
Ray Lovelock
Italy
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Violent City (1975)
Aharon Ipalé
Morocco
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The Mummy (1999)
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
![Roger Lloyd Pack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/205/163205178_d7285c.png)
Roger Lloyd Pack
UK
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
![Vladimir Medar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278489_22c1d5.jpg)
Vladimir Medar
Best movies:
Treasure of Silver Lake (1962)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Die blutigen Geier von Alaska (1973)
Howard Goorney
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Savage Messiah (1972)
![Rosalind Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/364/364676_9609f6.jpg)
Rosalind Harris
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Mrs. Santa Claus (1996) (TV movie)
![Vernon Dobtcheff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494695_35970a.jpg)
Vernon Dobtcheff
France
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![George Little](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/633/158633986_6c9f16.gif)
George Little
UK
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Wicked City (1987)
Marika Rivera
France
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Vincent (1987)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
![Barry Dennen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779815_afa0cf.gif)
Barry Dennen
USA
Best movies:
The Shining (1980)
Titanic (1997)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Louis Zorich
USA
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Detachment (2011)
Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV movie)
![Tutte Lemkow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/440/160440362_38f1b9.jpg)
Tutte Lemkow
Norway
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)