Fiddler on the Roof

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Fiddler on the Roof is a classic 1971 musical film adaptation of the Broadway show, depicting the life of a Jewish milkman and his family in a pre-revolutionary Russian village.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
musical film
academyAward Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Original Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score

Academy Award for Best Sound
academyAwardNominations Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
adaptationOf Fiddler on the Roof self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway musical)
basedOn Fiddler on the Roof self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical)
cinematographer Oswald Morris
composer Jerry Bock
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Norman Jewison
distributor United Artists
distributorRegion theatrical
editor Antony Gibbs
genre drama film
musical film
lyricist Sheldon Harnick
mainCharacter Sholem Rabinovich
surface form: Tevye
musicFeature Do You Love Me?
If I Were a Rich Man
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Sunrise, Sunset
To Life
Tradition
narrativeFocus Tevye and his daughters
notableFor depiction of shtetl life
portrayal of Jewish traditions in Eastern Europe
originalLanguage English
producer Norman Jewison
productionCompany The Mirisch Company
surface form: The Mirisch Production Company
protagonistOccupation milkman
releaseDate 1971-11-03
releaseYear 1971
runtimeMinutes 181
screenwriter Joseph Stein
settingCountry Russian Empire
settingLocation Anatevka
settingPeriod pre-revolutionary Russia
starredActor Chaim Topol
Leonard Frey
Michele Marsh
Molly Picon
Neva Small
Norma Crane
Paul Mann
Rosalind Harris
theme Jewish family life
persecution and displacement
religious faith
tradition versus change

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this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway musical)
Lea Michele appearedIn Fiddler on the Roof
this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway)
Fiddler on the Roof basedOn Fiddler on the Roof self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical)
Norman Jewison directed Fiddler on the Roof
Sholem Aleichem inspiredWork Fiddler on the Roof
Sholem Rabinovich inspiredWork Fiddler on the Roof
Sholom Aleichem inspiredWork Fiddler on the Roof
Harold Prince notableWork Fiddler on the Roof
John Williams notableWork Fiddler on the Roof
this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (film) score
Norman Jewison notableWork Fiddler on the Roof
Minskoff Theatre previousProduction Fiddler on the Roof
this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof revival