AWARDS

WINNER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Academy Awards (1972)
WINNER, BEST MUSIC Academy Awards (1972)
WINNER, BEST SOUND Academy Awards (1972)

This classic Hollywood musical is a rousing, colorful adaptation of Joseph Stein's hit play based on Sholem Aleichem's novel, "Tevye the Dairyman."

Chaim Topol plays Tevye, ever struggling to preserve Jewish heritage for his five daughters against growing odds. Starring Norma Crane, Molly Picon, Paul Michael Glaser, Leonard Frey, and Michele Marsh.

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The National Center For Jewish Film Brandeis University, Lown 102, MS053, Waltham MA 02454 P: (781) 899 7044, F: (781) 736 2070

Fiddler on the Roof

USA, 1971, 181 minutes, color
Directed by Norman Jewison

Public Exhibition 16mm Only