Fiddler on the Roof

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Barcode: 58962990 Call Number: DQ-International Jewry Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 181 min. Date: 1971 DVD Region: Region 1 Creator: Directed by Norman Jewison Description: The brilliant and poignant musical Fiddler on the Roof astounded audiences and critics when it debuted on Broadway in 1964. This film adaptation, which was nominated for an Academy Award¨, serves to reaffirm the show's stature as one of the greatest musicals ever written. Based on Sholem Aleichem's stories, this fable takes place in the Russian shtetl of Anatevka. It follows a poor milkman named Tevye, who is loud and tender, strong and sentimental. Together with his wife, three daughters, and neighbors, Tevye struggles to preserve tradition in the face of religious persecution. Yet even as the hostile outside world encroaches, there is joy in Anatevka. Subjects: International Jewry Collection: Martin Salinger Resource Collection